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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	Namibia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	1,841	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	1,893	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	1,945	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	1,981	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	2,008	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	2,034	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	2,060	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	2,086	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	2,113	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	2,141	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	2,170	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	2,201	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	2,232	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	2,268	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	2,312	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	2,360	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	2,408	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	2,456	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	2,505	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	2,554	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	2,602	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	2,651	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	2,700	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	2,739	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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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, Namibia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.