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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 - KinshasaNorth KoreaMoldova
51,18122,5944,244
52,78222,7854,199
54,45322,9774,154
56,17023,1654,108
57,86023,3304,059
59,59923,4774,013
61,47423,6213,966
63,47923,7643,919
65,59023,9083,873
67,80024,0513,829
70,11424,1913,788
72,55024,3263,748
75,13824,4573,709
77,79224,5893,671
80,53424,7203,633
83,36824,8523,595
86,22924,9833,558
89,19325,1153,522
92,20925,2483,485
95,23225,3813,448
98,32025,4973,412
101,49925,6083,376
104,76725,7113,339
108,17125,8083,570

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

North Korea

  • 1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
  • 1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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