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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	Haiti	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	8,121	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	8,279	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	8,430	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	8,580	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	8,739	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	8,900	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	9,061	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	9,216	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	9,364	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	9,508	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	9,652	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	9,553	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	9,670	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	9,793	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	9,922	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	10,047	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	10,254	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	10,486	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	10,647	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	10,788	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	10,933	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	11,077	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	11,215	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	11,349	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, Haiti, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.