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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	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	1,378	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	1,400	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	1,391	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	1,382	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	1,374	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	1,365	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	1,357	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	1,349	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	1,341	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	1,337	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	1,334	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	1,332	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	1,328	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	1,324	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	1,319	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	1,314	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	1,312	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	1,314	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	1,314	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	1,318	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	1,323	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	1,327	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	1,329	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	1,330	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

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