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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	Cameroon	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	433	15,483	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	438	15,913	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	443	16,354	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	448	16,815	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	454	17,289	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	460	17,764	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	467	18,249	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	474	18,746	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	482	19,278	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	491	19,843	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	500	20,419	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	509	21,002	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	521	21,586	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	533	22,181	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	547	22,800	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	560	23,513	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	571	24,273	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	586	24,995	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	599	25,680	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	610	26,373	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	623	27,114	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	633	27,878	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	643	28,663	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	651	29,417	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 Luxembourg, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.