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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	433	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	438	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	443	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	448	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	454	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	460	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	467	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	474	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	482	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	491	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	509	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	521	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	533	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	547	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	560	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	571	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	586	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	599	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	610	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	623	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	633	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	643	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	651	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, Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.