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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 CambodiaCongo - KinshasaLibya
12,12251,1814,993
12,31752,7825,116
12,50454,4535,237
12,69156,1705,357
12,88157,8605,476
13,07659,5995,595
13,27661,4745,715
13,46163,4795,835
13,63065,5905,967
13,80867,8006,115
13,99070,1146,270
14,16272,5506,432
14,32275,1386,144
14,48077,7925,849
14,63780,5346,010
14,79383,3686,163
14,99486,2296,291
15,23889,1936,415
15,48092,2096,549
15,71795,2326,689
15,94498,3206,826
16,149101,4996,960
16,338104,7677,088
16,514108,1717,169

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 Cambodia, Congo - Kinshasa, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.