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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	Cameroon	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	15,483	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	15,913	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	16,354	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	16,815	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	17,289	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	17,764	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	18,249	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	18,746	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	19,278	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	19,843	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	20,419	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	21,002	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	21,586	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	22,181	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	22,800	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	23,513	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	24,273	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	24,995	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	25,680	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	26,373	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	27,114	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	27,878	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	28,663	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	29,417	108,171

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