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

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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

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