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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	Malta	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	108,171	46,498

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.

All data sources

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 Malta, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.