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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	4,324	51,181	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	4,385	52,782	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	4,444	54,453	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	4,502	56,170	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	4,556	57,860	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	4,608	59,599	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	4,664	61,474	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	4,719	63,479	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	4,773	65,590	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	4,828	67,800	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	4,884	70,114	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	4,940	72,550	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	4,996	75,138	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	5,053	77,792	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	5,110	80,534	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	5,169	83,368	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	5,227	86,229	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	5,287	89,193	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	5,346	92,209	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	5,405	95,232	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	5,464	98,320	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	5,522	101,499	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	5,579	104,767	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	5,657	108,171	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.