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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Singapore	Congo - Kinshasa	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	3,959	51,181	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	4,028	52,782	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	4,138	54,453	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	4,176	56,170	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	4,115	57,860	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	4,167	59,599	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	4,266	61,474	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	4,401	63,479	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	4,589	65,590	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	4,839	67,800	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	4,988	70,114	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	5,077	72,550	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	5,184	75,138	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	5,312	77,792	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	5,399	80,534	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	5,470	83,368	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	5,535	86,229	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	5,607	89,193	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	5,612	92,209	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	5,639	95,232	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	5,704	98,320	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	5,686	101,499	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	5,716	104,767	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	5,750	108,171	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.