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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	108,171	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.