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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bolivia	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	8,007	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	8,177	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	8,351	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	8,529	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	8,711	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	8,895	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	9,081	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	9,268	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	9,457	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	9,647	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	9,836	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	10,024	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	10,211	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	10,397	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	10,581	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	10,763	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	10,942	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	11,118	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	11,289	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	11,456	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	11,621	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	11,775	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	11,917	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	12,060	108,171	3,570

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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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.