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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Sierra Leone	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,736	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,809	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,043	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,287	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,466	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,602	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,708	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,818	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,918	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,023	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,132	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,246	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,364	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,486	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,613	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,744	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,879	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	6,019	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	6,163	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	6,312	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	6,461	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,611	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	6,761	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	6,910	5,657

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, Sierra Leone, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.