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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	16,728	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	17,236	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	17,762	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	18,310	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	18,855	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	19,410	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	20,000	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,611	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,236	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,878	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	22,533	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	23,195	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	23,880	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	24,594	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	25,311	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	26,020	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	26,698	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	27,347	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	27,985	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	28,608	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	29,216	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	29,811	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	30,399	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	31,058	7,169

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