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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,061

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, Kuwait; the database as a whole is cited above.