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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kuwait	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	1,926	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	1,982	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	2,038	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	2,094	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	2,151	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	2,208	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	2,268	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	2,329	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	2,388	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	2,446	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	2,502	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	2,556	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	2,609	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	2,660	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	2,710	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	2,757	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	2,804	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	2,848	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	2,891	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	2,933	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	2,972	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	3,011	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	3,048	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	3,061	108,171	3,570

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 Kuwait, Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.