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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 - KinshasaMoldovaYemen
51,1814,24416,728
52,7824,19917,236
54,4534,15417,762
56,1704,10818,310
57,8604,05918,855
59,5994,01319,410
61,4743,96620,000
63,4793,91920,611
65,5903,87321,236
67,8003,82921,878
70,1143,78822,533
72,5503,74823,195
75,1383,70923,880
77,7923,67124,594
80,5343,63325,311
83,3683,59526,020
86,2293,55826,698
89,1933,52227,347
92,2093,48527,985
95,2323,44828,608
98,3203,41229,216
101,4993,37629,811
104,7673,33930,399
108,1713,57031,058

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