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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominican Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	51,181	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	52,782	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	54,453	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	56,170	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	57,860	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	59,599	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	61,474	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	63,479	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	65,590	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	67,800	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	70,114	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	72,550	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	75,138	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	77,792	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,534	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	83,368	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	86,229	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	89,193	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	92,209	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	95,232	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	98,320	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	101,499	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	104,767	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	108,171	25,808

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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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