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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	Uruguay	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,234	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,246	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,257	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,268	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,277	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,285	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,291	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,298	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,305	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,313	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,321	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,329	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,337	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	3,345	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	3,353	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	3,362	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	3,371	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	3,380	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	3,390	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	3,399	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	3,408	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	3,417	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	3,426	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	3,422	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

Uruguay

1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

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