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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	108,171	9,400

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, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.