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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 - KinshasaMoldovaBelarus
51,1814,24410,064
52,7824,19910,034
54,4534,15410,000
56,1704,1089,955
57,8604,0599,905
59,5994,0139,856
61,4743,9669,807
63,4793,9199,764
65,5903,8739,734
67,8003,8299,713
70,1143,7889,697
72,5503,7489,681
75,1383,7099,662
77,7923,6719,643
80,5343,6339,624
83,3683,5959,605
86,2293,5589,585
89,1933,5229,564
92,2093,4859,542
95,2323,4489,519
98,3203,4129,495
101,4993,3769,469
104,7673,3399,442
108,1713,5709,400

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, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.