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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	108,171	2,739

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