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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Palestinian Territories	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,996	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,075	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,155	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,235	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,315	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,396	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,478	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,559	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,642	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,727	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,817	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,907	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,997	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,088	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,178	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,269	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,359	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,451	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,533	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,615	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	4,715	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	4,820	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	4,930	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,042	2,059

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, Palestinian Territories, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.