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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	Palestinian Territories	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	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 Palestinian Territories, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.