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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	Colombia	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	38,365	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	38,911	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	39,411	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	39,918	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	40,416	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	40,899	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	41,374	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	41,862	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	42,324	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	42,781	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	43,264	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	43,771	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	44,225	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	44,660	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	45,081	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	45,846	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	46,290	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	46,796	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	47,385	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	48,222	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	49,326	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	50,283	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	50,978	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	51,332	108,171	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.

All data sources

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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