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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	108,171	2,059

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