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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	108,171	4,259

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