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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	108,171	29,417

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 Palestinian Territories, Congo - Kinshasa, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.