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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Indonesia	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	108,171	39,252

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.

All data sources

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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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