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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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, Cameroon, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.