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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	Cambodia	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	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.

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