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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	16,728	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	17,236	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	17,762	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	18,310	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	18,855	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	19,410	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	20,000	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,611	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,236	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,878	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	22,533	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	23,195	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	23,880	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	24,594	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	25,311	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	26,020	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	26,698	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	27,347	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	27,985	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	28,608	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	29,216	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	29,811	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	30,399	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	31,058	5,042

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