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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	108,171	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.