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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Lesotho
Dec 31, 2002	264,148	53,750,524	1,994,679
Dec 31, 2003	265,776	55,343,867	1,985,059
Dec 31, 2004	267,298	56,997,741	1,971,129
Dec 31, 2005	268,706	58,775,724	1,953,076
Dec 31, 2006	270,002	60,615,908	1,945,063
Dec 31, 2007	271,288	62,477,752	1,953,268
Dec 31, 2008	272,714	64,390,664	1,966,541
Dec 31, 2009	274,123	66,412,044	1,980,883
Dec 31, 2010	275,243	68,563,038	1,996,251
Dec 31, 2011	276,139	70,849,311	2,014,009
Dec 31, 2012	276,938	73,254,618	2,034,354
Dec 31, 2013	277,665	75,789,395	2,056,504
Dec 31, 2014	278,348	78,403,242	2,080,089
Dec 31, 2015	278,990	81,035,531	2,104,611
Dec 31, 2016	279,598	83,956,415	2,130,422
Dec 31, 2017	280,171	87,083,398	2,157,110
Dec 31, 2018	280,711	90,047,644	2,183,603
Dec 31, 2019	281,207	92,947,442	2,209,405
Dec 31, 2020	281,698	95,989,998	2,235,727
Dec 31, 2021	282,147	99,148,932	2,261,542
Dec 31, 2022	282,318	102,396,968	2,286,110
Dec 31, 2023	282,336	105,789,731	2,311,472
Dec 31, 2024	282,467	109,276,265	2,337,423
Dec 31, 2025	282,623	112,832,473	2,363,325