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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Oman	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	422	2,348	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	430	2,403	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	438	2,457	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	447	2,510	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	455	2,562	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	463	2,613	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,663	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,713	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,764	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,816	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,871	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,986	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,047	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,110	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,174	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,240	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,307	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,375	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,444	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,512	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,582	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,651	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	590	3,696	2,787	108,171

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.

All data sources

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 Cape Verde, Oman, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.