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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 - KinshasaLibyaAlbania
51,1814,9933,085
52,7825,1163,065
54,4535,2373,047
56,1705,3573,038
57,8605,4763,026
59,5995,5953,014
61,4745,7152,998
63,4795,8352,979
65,5905,9672,957
67,8006,1152,934
70,1146,2702,915
72,5506,4322,900
75,1386,1442,892
77,7925,8492,888
80,5346,0102,882
83,3686,1632,876
86,2296,2912,868
89,1936,4152,863
92,2096,5492,861
95,2326,6892,854
98,3206,8262,842
101,4996,9602,825
104,7677,0882,799
108,1717,1692,787

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, Libya, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.