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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iran	Congo - Kinshasa	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	51,181	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	52,782	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	54,453	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	56,170	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	57,860	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	59,599	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	61,474	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	63,479	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	65,590	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	67,800	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	70,114	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	72,550	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	75,138	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	77,792	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	80,534	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	83,368	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	86,229	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	89,193	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	92,209	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	95,232	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	98,320	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	101,499	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	104,767	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	108,171	2,048

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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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