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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	Tunisia	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	3,085	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	3,065	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	3,047	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	3,038	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	3,026	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	3,014	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	2,998	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	2,979	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	2,957	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	2,934	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	2,915	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	2,900	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	2,892	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	2,888	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	2,882	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	2,876	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	2,868	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	2,863	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	2,861	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	2,854	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	2,842	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	2,825	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	2,799	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	2,787	108,171	295

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