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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	Norway	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	4,463	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	4,492	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	4,515	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	4,539	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	4,566	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	4,593	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	4,624	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	4,662	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	4,710	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	4,769	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	4,830	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	4,890	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	4,954	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	5,020	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	5,081	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	5,138	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	5,191	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	5,237	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	5,278	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	5,313	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	5,349	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	5,380	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	5,409	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	5,458	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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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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Lesotho, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.