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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	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	108,171	9,918

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, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.