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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	Dominican Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	108,171	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

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