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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	25,808

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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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