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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	Seychelles	Oman	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	78	2,348	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	79	2,403	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	80	2,457	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81	2,510	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	82	2,562	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	83	2,613	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,663	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,713	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,764	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,816	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,871	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,928	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,986	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	90	3,047	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	91	3,110	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	92	3,174	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	92	3,240	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	93	3,307	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	94	3,375	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	95	3,444	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	96	3,512	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	97	3,582	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	98	3,651	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	98	3,696	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 Seychelles, Oman, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.