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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 Congo - KinshasaBurkina FasoMoldova
51,18111,0754,244
52,78211,4054,199
54,45311,8284,154
56,17012,3804,108
57,86012,8294,059
59,59913,1784,013
61,47413,5403,966
63,47913,9173,919
65,59014,3093,873
67,80014,7223,829
70,11415,1523,788
72,55015,6003,748
75,13816,0643,709
77,79216,5633,671
80,53417,0723,633
83,36817,5753,595
86,22918,0943,558
89,19318,6213,522
92,20919,1573,485
95,23219,6983,448
98,32020,2423,412
101,49920,7883,376
104,76721,3363,339
108,17121,8893,570

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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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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.