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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	108,171	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Libya, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.