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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	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	31,058	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, Yemen, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.