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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 AlbaniaParaguayCongo - Kinshasa
3,0855,36651,181
3,0655,47352,782
3,0475,57954,453
3,0385,68356,170
3,0265,78657,860
3,0145,88659,599
2,9985,98461,474
2,9796,08063,479
2,9576,17365,590
2,9346,26467,800
2,9156,35270,114
2,9006,43872,550
2,8926,52275,138
2,8886,60577,792
2,8826,68880,534
2,8766,76983,368
2,8686,85086,229
2,8636,93089,193
2,8617,01292,209
2,8547,09595,232
2,8427,17998,320
2,8257,263101,499
2,7997,348104,767
2,7877,432108,171

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