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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	Central African Republic	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	295	108,171

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 Central African Republic, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.