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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 - KinshasaHong Kong SAR ChinaTurkmenistan
51,1816,5874,324
52,7826,6464,385
54,4536,6954,444
56,1706,7254,502
57,8606,7124,556
59,5996,7654,608
61,4746,7944,664
63,4796,8384,719
65,5906,8974,773
67,8006,9384,828
70,1146,9534,884
72,5507,0044,940
75,1387,0524,996
77,7927,1305,053
80,5347,1595,110
83,3687,2095,169
86,2297,2715,227
89,1937,3165,287
92,2097,3725,346
95,2327,4325,405
98,3207,4875,464
101,4997,4605,522
104,7677,3925,579
108,1717,3875,657

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Hong Kong SAR China, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.