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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Libya	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,993	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,116	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,237	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,357	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,476	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,595	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,715	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,835	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,967	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,115	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,270	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,432	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,144	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,849	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,010	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,163	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,291	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	6,415	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	6,549	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	6,689	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	6,826	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,960	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,088	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,169	18,494

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, Libya, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.