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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 KuwaitAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
1,9263,08551,181
1,9823,06552,782
2,0383,04754,453
2,0943,03856,170
2,1513,02657,860
2,2083,01459,599
2,2682,99861,474
2,3292,97963,479
2,3882,95765,590
2,4462,93467,800
2,5022,91570,114
2,5562,90072,550
2,6092,89275,138
2,6602,88877,792
2,7102,88280,534
2,7572,87683,368
2,8042,86886,229
2,8482,86389,193
2,8912,86192,209
2,9332,85495,232
2,9722,84298,320
3,0112,825101,499
3,0482,799104,767
3,0612,787108,171

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 Kuwait, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.