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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	Niger	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	51,181	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	52,782	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	54,453	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	56,170	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	57,860	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	59,599	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	61,474	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	63,479	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	65,590	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	67,800	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	70,114	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	72,550	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	75,138	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	77,792	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	80,534	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	83,368	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	86,229	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	89,193	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	92,209	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	95,232	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	98,320	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	101,499	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	104,767	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	108,171	31,058

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 Niger, Congo - Kinshasa, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.