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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	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	51,181	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	52,782	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	54,453	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	56,170	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	57,860	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	59,599	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	61,474	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	63,479	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	65,590	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	67,800	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	70,114	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	72,550	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	75,138	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	77,792	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	80,534	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	83,368	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	86,229	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	89,193	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	92,209	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	95,232	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	98,320	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	101,499	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	104,767	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	108,171	29,417

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.