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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Costa Rica	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,785	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,867	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,951	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,021	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,079	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,145	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,212	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,278	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,338	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,400	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,467	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,544	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,587	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,648	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,707	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,768	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,827	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,885	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,942	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,998	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,052	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,105	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,158	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,185	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

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