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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 - KinshasaMoldovaVenezuela
51,1814,24423,188
52,7824,19923,601
54,4534,15424,011
56,1704,10824,425
57,8604,05924,841
59,5994,01325,255
61,4743,96625,667
63,4793,91926,079
65,5903,87326,589
67,8003,82927,098
70,1143,78827,510
72,5503,74827,920
75,1383,70928,327
77,7923,67128,722
80,5343,63329,111
83,3683,59529,418
86,2293,55829,693
89,1933,52229,961
92,2093,48529,856
95,2323,44828,858
98,3203,41227,921
101,4993,37627,871
104,7673,33928,316
108,1713,57028,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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