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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	3,419	51,181	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	3,395	52,782	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	3,367	54,453	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	3,340	56,170	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	3,313	57,860	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	3,276	59,599	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	3,223	61,474	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	3,172	63,479	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	3,134	65,590	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	3,102	67,800	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	3,068	70,114	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	3,004	72,550	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	2,937	75,138	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	2,898	77,792	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	2,869	80,534	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	2,844	83,368	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	2,818	86,229	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	2,782	89,193	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	2,744	92,209	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	2,718	95,232	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	2,710	98,320	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	2,711	101,499	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	2,724	104,767	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	2,748	108,171	6,910

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