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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	Yemen	Burkina Faso	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	11,075	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	11,405	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	11,828	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	12,380	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	12,829	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	13,178	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	13,540	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	13,917	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	14,309	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	14,722	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	15,152	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	15,600	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	16,064	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	16,563	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	17,072	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	17,575	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	18,094	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	18,621	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	19,157	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	19,698	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	20,242	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	20,788	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	21,336	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	21,889	3,696	108,171

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.

All data sources

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 Yemen, Burkina Faso, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.