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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	108,171	4,259

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