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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	4,324	51,181	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	4,385	52,782	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	4,444	54,453	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	4,502	56,170	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	4,556	57,860	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	4,608	59,599	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	4,664	61,474	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	4,719	63,479	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	4,773	65,590	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	4,828	67,800	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	4,884	70,114	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	4,940	72,550	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	4,996	75,138	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	5,053	77,792	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	5,110	80,534	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	5,169	83,368	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	5,227	86,229	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	5,287	89,193	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	5,346	92,209	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	5,405	95,232	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	5,464	98,320	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	5,522	101,499	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	5,579	104,767	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	5,657	108,171	1,883

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, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.