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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Vietnam	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	78,394	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	79,472	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	80,546	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,637	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	82,720	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	83,821	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	84,942	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	86,036	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	87,136	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	88,253	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	89,373	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	90,481	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	91,591	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	92,720	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	93,883	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	95,055	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	96,222	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	97,380	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	98,507	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	99,604	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	100,695	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	101,771	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	102,815	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	103,574	295

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Vietnam, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.