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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 - KinshasaMoldovaBahrain
51,1814,244633
52,7824,199648
54,4534,154665
56,1704,108707
57,8604,059773
59,5994,013839
61,4743,966907
63,4793,919974
65,5903,8731,043
67,8003,8291,096
70,1143,7881,133
72,5503,7481,168
75,1383,7091,202
77,7923,6711,236
80,5343,6331,268
83,3683,5951,301
86,2293,5581,333
89,1933,5221,365
92,2093,4851,396
95,2323,4481,428
98,3203,4121,459
101,4993,3761,489
104,7673,3391,511
108,1713,5701,521

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, Moldova, Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.