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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,101	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,284	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,458	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,613	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,754	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,882	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	4,000	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	4,532	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	5,623	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	7,277	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	8,164	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	8,152	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	8,438	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	8,747	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	9,077	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	9,321	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	9,461	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	9,587	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	9,699	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	9,796	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	9,879	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	9,953	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	10,018	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	10,099	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.

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