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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nepal	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	3,101	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	3,284	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	3,458	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	3,613	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	3,754	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	3,882	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	4,000	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	4,532	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	5,623	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	7,277	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	8,164	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	8,152	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	8,438	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	8,747	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	9,077	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	9,321	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	9,461	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	9,587	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	9,699	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	9,796	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	9,879	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	9,953	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	10,018	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	10,099	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 Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.