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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	Lithuania	Congo - Kinshasa	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	3,419	51,181	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	3,395	52,782	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	3,367	54,453	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	3,340	56,170	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	3,313	57,860	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	3,276	59,599	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	3,223	61,474	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	3,172	63,479	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	3,134	65,590	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	3,102	67,800	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	3,068	70,114	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	3,004	72,550	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	2,937	75,138	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	2,898	77,792	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	2,869	80,534	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	2,844	83,368	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	2,818	86,229	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	2,782	89,193	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	2,744	92,209	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	2,718	95,232	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	2,710	98,320	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	2,711	101,499	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	2,724	104,767	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	2,748	108,171	4,259

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 Lithuania, Congo - Kinshasa, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.