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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	Lesotho	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	108,171	2,787

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