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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	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	51,181	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	52,782	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	54,453	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	56,170	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	57,860	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	59,599	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	61,474	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	63,479	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	65,590	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	67,800	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	70,114	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	72,550	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	75,138	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	77,792	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	80,534	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	83,368	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	86,229	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	89,193	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	92,209	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	95,232	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	98,320	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	101,499	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	104,767	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	108,171	1,883

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.

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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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.