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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	108,171	16,514

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