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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 St. LuciaMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
1524,24451,181
1534,19952,782
1544,15454,453
1554,10856,170
1564,05957,860
1574,01359,599
1573,96661,474
1583,91963,479
1593,87365,590
1603,82967,800
1603,78870,114
1613,74872,550
1623,70975,138
1623,67177,792
1633,63380,534
1633,59583,368
1643,55886,229
1643,52289,193
1653,48592,209
1663,44895,232
1663,41298,320
1673,376101,499
1673,339104,767
1673,570108,171

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