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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	651	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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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 Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.