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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	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 Malta, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.