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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 - KinshasaNepal
12,12251,18123,087
12,31752,78223,487
12,50454,45323,887
12,69156,17024,273
12,88157,86024,645
13,07659,59924,989
13,27661,47425,255
13,46163,47925,484
13,63065,59025,732
13,80867,80025,998
13,99070,11426,298
14,16272,55026,664
14,32275,13827,081
14,48077,79227,505
14,63780,53427,917
14,79383,36828,311
14,99486,22928,678
15,23889,19329,034
15,48092,20929,384
15,71795,23229,718
15,94498,32030,057
16,149101,49930,595
16,338104,76731,311
16,514108,17131,845

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

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