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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Mauritania	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,437	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,501	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,566	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,632	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,699	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,768	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,838	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,909	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,981	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,055	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,129	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,205	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,282	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,359	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,438	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,517	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,597	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,677	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,759	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,840	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,942	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	4,045	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	4,150	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	4,259	39,252

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, Mauritania, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.