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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	Lesotho	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	295	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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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 Lesotho, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.