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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	108,171	2,748

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