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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	108,171	39,252

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