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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sierra Leone	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	3,101	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	3,284	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	3,458	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	3,613	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	3,754	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	3,882	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	4,000	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	4,532	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	5,623	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	7,277	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	8,164	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	8,152	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	8,438	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	8,747	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	9,077	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	9,321	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	9,461	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	9,587	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	9,699	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	9,796	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	9,879	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	9,953	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	10,018	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	10,099	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 Sierra Leone, United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.