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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	51,181	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	52,782	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	54,453	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	56,170	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	57,860	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	59,599	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	61,474	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	63,479	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	65,590	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	67,800	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	70,114	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	72,550	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	75,138	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	77,792	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	80,534	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	83,368	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	86,229	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	89,193	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	92,209	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	95,232	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	98,320	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	101,499	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	104,767	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	108,171	31,845

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