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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	Norway	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	4,463	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	4,492	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,515	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,539	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,566	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,593	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,624	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,662	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	4,710	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,769	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,830	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,890	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,954	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,020	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,081	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,138	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,191	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,237	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,278	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,313	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,349	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,380	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,409	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,458	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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.