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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	Yemen	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	16,728	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	17,236	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	17,762	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	18,310	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	18,855	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	19,410	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	20,000	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	20,611	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	21,236	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	21,878	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	22,533	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	23,195	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	23,880	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	24,594	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	25,311	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	26,020	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	26,698	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	27,347	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	27,985	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	28,608	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	29,216	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	29,811	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	30,399	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	31,058	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

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