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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	Cape Verde	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	422	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	430	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	438	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	447	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	455	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	463	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	471	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	478	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	486	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	494	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	501	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	509	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	516	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	524	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	531	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	539	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	546	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	553	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	562	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	568	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	574	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	580	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	585	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	590	108,171

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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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, Cape Verde, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.