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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	Dominica	Bolivia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	70	8,007	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	71	8,177	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	71	8,351	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	72	8,529	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	72	8,711	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72	8,895	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	72	9,081	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	72	9,268	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	72	9,457	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	73	9,647	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	73	9,836	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73	10,024	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	73	10,211	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	73	10,397	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	73	10,581	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	73	10,763	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	74	10,942	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	74	11,118	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	74	11,289	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	74	11,456	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	75	11,621	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	75	11,775	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	76	11,917	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	76	12,060	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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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