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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	Latvia	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	2,386	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	2,363	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	2,333	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	2,306	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	2,284	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	2,259	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	2,235	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	2,215	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	2,197	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	2,174	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	2,138	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	2,093	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	2,055	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	2,030	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	2,009	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	1,991	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	1,974	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	1,956	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	1,938	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	1,923	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	1,910	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	1,897	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	1,880	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	1,883	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 Latvia, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.