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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	51,181	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	52,782	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	54,453	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	56,170	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	57,860	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	59,599	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	61,474	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	63,479	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	65,590	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	67,800	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	70,114	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	72,550	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	75,138	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	77,792	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	80,534	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	83,368	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	86,229	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	89,193	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	92,209	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	95,232	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	98,320	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	101,499	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	104,767	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	108,171	2,124

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.