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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	651	108,171	2,739

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, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.