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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	India
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	1,000,965
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	1,018,667
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	1,036,256
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	1,053,663
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	1,070,882
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	1,087,941
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	1,104,803
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	1,121,354
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	1,137,576
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	1,153,547
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	1,169,239
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	1,184,638
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	1,199,810
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	1,214,839
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	1,229,765
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	1,244,577
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	1,259,236
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	1,273,693
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	1,287,902
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	1,301,821
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	1,315,530
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	1,329,062
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	1,339,912
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	108,171	1,349,060

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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