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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Slovenia	Congo - Kinshasa	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	1,998	51,181	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	2,004	52,782	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	2,006	54,453	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	2,009	56,170	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	2,010	57,860	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	2,011	59,599	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	2,015	61,474	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	2,022	63,479	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	2,033	65,590	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	2,036	67,800	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	2,056	70,114	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	2,063	72,550	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	2,067	75,138	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	2,071	77,792	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	2,074	80,534	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	2,076	83,368	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	2,078	86,229	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	2,079	89,193	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	2,081	92,209	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	2,087	95,232	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	2,104	98,320	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	2,118	101,499	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	2,123	104,767	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	2,124	108,171	4,713

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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