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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Lebanon	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,460	531
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,499	545
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,554	559
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,610	574
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,665	590
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,721	606
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,777	623
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,853	640
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,954	657
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,036	674
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,082	690
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,097	706
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,115	722
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,206	737
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,696	752
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,365	767
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,640	781
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,688	795
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,680	808
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,562	821
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,331	837
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	4,986	853
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	4,802	869
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	4,713	885

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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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