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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 AfghanistanHondurasCongo - Kinshasa
22,2066,19851,181
22,4616,36752,782
22,5076,53554,453
23,6006,69856,170
25,0056,86357,860
25,6987,02859,599
26,3357,19461,474
27,1547,35963,479
27,3877,52265,590
27,7067,68267,800
28,4847,83970,114
29,1217,99172,550
29,7588,14175,138
30,4208,28877,792
31,1088,42980,534
31,8238,54683,368
32,5648,66186,229
33,3328,77089,193
34,1258,87892,209
34,9419,00295,232
35,9729,15498,320
37,0349,304101,499
38,1279,448104,767
39,2529,590108,171

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.

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