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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	108,171	7,169

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