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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Singapore	Congo - Kinshasa	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	3,959	51,181	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	4,028	52,782	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	4,138	54,453	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	4,176	56,170	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	4,115	57,860	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	4,167	59,599	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	4,266	61,474	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	4,401	63,479	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	4,589	65,590	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	4,839	67,800	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	4,988	70,114	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	5,077	72,550	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	5,184	75,138	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	5,312	77,792	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	5,399	80,534	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	5,470	83,368	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	5,535	86,229	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	5,607	89,193	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	5,612	92,209	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	5,639	95,232	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	5,704	98,320	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	5,686	101,499	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	5,716	104,767	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	5,750	108,171	10,099

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.