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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 CameroonMongoliaCongo - Kinshasa
15,4832,43351,181
15,9132,46152,782
16,3542,48954,453
16,8152,51956,170
17,2892,54757,860
17,7642,57459,599
18,2492,60261,474
18,7462,63363,479
19,2782,66665,590
19,8432,70267,800
20,4192,74170,114
21,0022,78372,550
21,5862,82775,138
22,1812,87077,792
22,8002,91280,534
23,5132,95383,368
24,2732,99386,229
24,9953,03189,193
25,6803,06892,209
26,3733,10395,232
27,1143,17198,320
27,8783,231101,499
28,6633,284104,767
29,4173,333108,171

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 Cameroon, Mongolia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.