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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	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	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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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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.