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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	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	108,171	6,720

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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