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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	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	108,171	2,787

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