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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 BelarusAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
10,0643,08551,181
10,0343,06552,782
10,0003,04754,453
9,9553,03856,170
9,9053,02657,860
9,8563,01459,599
9,8072,99861,474
9,7642,97963,479
9,7342,95765,590
9,7132,93467,800
9,6972,91570,114
9,6812,90072,550
9,6622,89275,138
9,6432,88877,792
9,6242,88280,534
9,6052,87683,368
9,5852,86886,229
9,5642,86389,193
9,5422,86192,209
9,5192,85495,232
9,4952,84298,320
9,4692,825101,499
9,4422,799104,767
9,4002,787108,171

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