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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	Tunisia	Congo - Kinshasa	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	108,171	4,259

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