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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 - KinshasaNorth MacedoniaYemen
51,1812,00616,728
52,7822,01717,236
54,4532,02617,762
56,1702,01118,310
57,8602,01818,855
59,5992,02419,410
61,4742,02820,000
63,4792,03120,611
65,5902,03521,236
67,8002,03821,878
70,1142,04222,533
72,5502,04623,195
75,1382,04923,880
77,7922,05224,594
80,5342,05525,311
83,3682,05826,020
86,2292,06126,698
89,1932,06327,347
92,2092,06527,985
95,2322,06728,608
98,3202,06829,216
101,4992,06529,811
104,7672,05730,399
108,1712,04831,058

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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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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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