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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	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	108,171	3,061

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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa, Kuwait; the database as a whole is cited above.