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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	4,244	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	4,199	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	4,154	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	4,108	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	4,059	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	4,013	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	3,966	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	3,919	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	3,873	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	3,829	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	3,788	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	3,748	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	3,709	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	3,671	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	3,633	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	3,595	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	3,558	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	3,522	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	3,485	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	3,448	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	3,412	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	3,376	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	3,339	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	76	108,171	3,570	46,498

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.

All data sources

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

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