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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lesotho	Venezuela	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	23,188	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	23,601	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	24,011	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	24,425	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	24,841	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	25,255	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	25,667	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	26,079	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	26,589	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	27,098	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	27,510	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	27,920	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	28,327	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	28,722	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	29,111	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	29,418	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	29,693	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	29,961	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	29,856	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	28,858	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	27,921	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	27,871	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	28,316	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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