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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Slovenia	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	1,998	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,004	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,006	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,009	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,010	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,011	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,015	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,022	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,033	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,036	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,056	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,063	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,067	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,071	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,074	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,076	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,078	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,079	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,081	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,087	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,104	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,118	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,123	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,124	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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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