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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaMoldovaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
704,2442,34851,181
714,1992,40352,782
714,1542,45754,453
724,1082,51056,170
724,0592,56257,860
724,0132,61359,599
723,9662,66361,474
723,9192,71363,479
723,8732,76465,590
733,8292,81667,800
733,7882,87170,114
733,7482,92872,550
733,7092,98675,138
733,6713,04777,792
733,6333,11080,534
733,5953,17483,368
743,5583,24086,229
743,5223,30789,193
743,4853,37592,209
743,4483,44495,232
753,4123,51298,320
753,3763,582101,499
763,3393,651104,767
763,5703,696108,171

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.

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, Moldova, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.