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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	51,181	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	52,782	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	54,453	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	56,170	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	57,860	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	59,599	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	61,474	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	63,479	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	65,590	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	67,800	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	70,114	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	72,550	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	75,138	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	77,792	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	80,534	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	83,368	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	86,229	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	89,193	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	92,209	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	95,232	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	98,320	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	101,499	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	104,767	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	108,171	2,748

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.