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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Palestinian Territories	Mauritania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	2,437	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	2,501	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	2,566	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	2,632	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	2,699	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	2,768	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	2,838	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	2,909	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	2,981	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	3,055	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	3,129	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	3,205	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	3,282	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	3,359	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	3,438	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	3,517	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	3,597	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	3,677	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	3,759	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	3,840	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	3,942	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	4,045	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	4,150	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	4,259	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 Palestinian Territories, Mauritania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.