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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	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 Palestinian Territories, Congo - Kinshasa, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.