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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	Haiti	Congo - Kinshasa	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	8,121	51,181	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	8,279	52,782	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	8,430	54,453	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	8,580	56,170	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	8,739	57,860	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	8,900	59,599	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	9,061	61,474	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	9,216	63,479	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	9,364	65,590	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	9,508	67,800	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	9,652	70,114	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	9,553	72,550	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	9,670	75,138	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	9,793	77,792	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	9,922	80,534	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	10,047	83,368	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	10,254	86,229	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	10,486	89,193	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	10,647	92,209	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	10,788	95,232	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	10,933	98,320	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	11,077	101,499	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	11,215	104,767	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	11,349	108,171	2,059

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