Population, long-run history: compare countries

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

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