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

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