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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	5,366	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	5,473	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	5,579	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	5,683	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	5,786	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	5,886	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	5,984	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	6,080	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	6,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	6,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	6,352	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	6,438	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	6,522	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	6,605	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	6,688	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	6,769	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	6,850	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	6,930	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	7,012	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	7,095	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	7,179	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	7,263	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	7,348	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	108,171	7,432	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

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