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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	Nepal	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	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.

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