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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AfghanistanCongo - KinshasaMorocco
22,20651,18128,400
22,46152,78228,744
22,50754,45329,094
23,60056,17029,447
25,00557,86029,806
25,69859,59930,169
26,33561,47430,552
27,15463,47930,953
27,38765,59031,354
27,70667,80031,754
28,48470,11432,154
29,12172,55032,553
29,75875,13832,951
30,42077,79233,346
31,10880,53433,737
31,82383,36834,124
32,56486,22934,511
33,33289,19334,898
34,12592,20935,279
34,94195,23235,653
35,97298,32036,018
37,034101,49936,375
38,127104,76736,723
39,252108,17137,101

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 Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.