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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	North Macedonia	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	22,206	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	22,461	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	22,507	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	23,600	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	25,005	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	25,698	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	26,335	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	27,154	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	27,387	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	27,706	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	28,484	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	29,121	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	29,758	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	30,420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	31,108	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	31,823	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	32,564	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	33,332	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	34,125	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	34,941	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	35,972	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	37,034	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	38,127	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	39,252	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

North Macedonia

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

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