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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	Turkmenistan	Congo - Kinshasa	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	4,324	51,181	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	4,385	52,782	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	4,444	54,453	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	4,502	56,170	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	4,556	57,860	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	4,608	59,599	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	4,664	61,474	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	4,719	63,479	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	4,773	65,590	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	4,828	67,800	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	4,884	70,114	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	4,940	72,550	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	4,996	75,138	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	5,053	77,792	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	5,110	80,534	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	5,169	83,368	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	5,227	86,229	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	5,287	89,193	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	5,346	92,209	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	5,405	95,232	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	5,464	98,320	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	5,522	101,499	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	5,579	104,767	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	5,657	108,171	7,387

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 Turkmenistan, Congo - Kinshasa, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.