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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	Singapore	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	3,959	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	4,028	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	4,138	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	4,176	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	4,115	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	4,167	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	4,266	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	4,401	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	4,589	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	4,839	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	4,988	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	5,077	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	5,184	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	5,312	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	5,399	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	5,470	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	5,535	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	5,607	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	5,612	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	5,639	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	5,704	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	5,686	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	5,716	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	5,750	108,171	651

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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