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

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