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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	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	108,171	2,787

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 Libya, Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.