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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	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	633
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	648
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	665
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	707
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	773
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	839
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	907
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	974
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	108,171	1,521

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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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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa, Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.