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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	51,181	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	52,782	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	54,453	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	56,170	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	57,860	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	59,599	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	61,474	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	63,479	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	65,590	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	67,800	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	70,114	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	72,550	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	75,138	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	77,792	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	80,534	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	83,368	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	86,229	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	89,193	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	92,209	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	95,232	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	98,320	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	101,499	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	104,767	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	108,171	5,042

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

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