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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	Madagascar	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	433	15,259	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	438	15,707	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	443	16,162	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	448	16,631	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	454	17,114	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	460	17,610	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	467	18,120	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	474	18,641	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	482	19,173	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	491	19,717	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	500	20,272	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	509	20,837	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	521	21,413	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	533	21,999	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	547	22,593	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	560	23,196	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	571	23,806	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	586	24,423	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	599	25,044	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	610	25,671	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	623	26,302	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	633	26,936	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	643	27,573	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	651	28,237	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, Madagascar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.