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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	Cambodia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	12,122	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	12,317	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	12,504	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	12,691	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	12,881	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	13,076	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	13,276	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	13,461	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	13,630	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	13,808	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	13,990	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	14,162	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	14,322	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	14,480	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	14,637	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	14,793	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	14,994	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	15,238	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	15,480	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	15,717	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	15,944	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	16,149	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	16,338	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	16,514	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

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