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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,206	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,461	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,507	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	23,600	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	25,005	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	25,698	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	26,335	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	27,154	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	27,387	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	27,706	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	28,484	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	29,121	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	29,758	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	30,420	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	31,108	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	31,823	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	32,564	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	33,332	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	34,125	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	34,941	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	35,972	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	37,034	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	38,127	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	39,252	7,169

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