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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	Mauritania	Congo - Kinshasa	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	51,181	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	52,782	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	54,453	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	56,170	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	57,860	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	59,599	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	61,474	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	63,479	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	65,590	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	67,800	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	70,114	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	72,550	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	75,138	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	77,792	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	80,534	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	83,368	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	86,229	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	89,193	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	92,209	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	95,232	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	98,320	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	101,499	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	104,767	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	108,171	10,099

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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GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Mauritania, Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.