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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	108,171	2,739

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, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.