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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	387	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	390	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	393	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	396	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	398	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	401	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	404	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	405	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	406	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	409	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	412	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	414	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	416	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	426	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	435	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	445	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	455	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	468	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	485	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	504	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	516	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	518	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	530	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, Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.