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

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