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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	108,171	295	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

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