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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Bolivia	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	8,007	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	8,177	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	8,351	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	8,529	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	8,711	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	8,895	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	9,081	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	9,268	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	9,457	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	9,647	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	9,836	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	10,024	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	10,211	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	10,397	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	10,581	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	10,763	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	10,942	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	11,118	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	11,289	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	11,456	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	11,621	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	11,775	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	11,917	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	12,060	31,058

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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