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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 AlbaniaYemenCongo - Kinshasa
3,08516,72851,181
3,06517,23652,782
3,04717,76254,453
3,03818,31056,170
3,02618,85557,860
3,01419,41059,599
2,99820,00061,474
2,97920,61163,479
2,95721,23665,590
2,93421,87867,800
2,91522,53370,114
2,90023,19572,550
2,89223,88075,138
2,88824,59477,792
2,88225,31180,534
2,87626,02083,368
2,86826,69886,229
2,86327,34789,193
2,86127,98592,209
2,85428,60895,232
2,84229,21698,320
2,82529,811101,499
2,79930,399104,767
2,78731,058108,171

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