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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 AfghanistanMaltaCongo - Kinshasa
22,20638751,181
22,46139052,782
22,50739354,453
23,60039656,170
25,00539857,860
25,69840159,599
26,33540461,474
27,15440563,479
27,38740665,590
27,70640967,800
28,48441270,114
29,12141472,550
29,75841675,138
30,42042077,792
31,10842680,534
31,82343583,368
32,56444586,229
33,33245589,193
34,12546892,209
34,94148595,232
35,97250498,320
37,034516101,499
38,127518104,767
39,252530108,171

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