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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 LithuaniaBeninCongo - Kinshasa
3,4196,46151,181
3,3956,67752,782
3,3676,90254,453
3,3407,13056,170
3,3137,36057,860
3,2767,58959,599
3,2237,83861,474
3,1728,08963,479
3,1348,33565,590
3,1028,60367,800
3,0688,88470,114
3,0049,17972,550
2,9379,48675,138
2,8989,80577,792
2,86910,13580,534
2,84410,48083,368
2,81810,84286,229
2,78211,22089,193
2,74411,61392,209
2,71812,01895,232
2,71012,37098,320
2,71112,725101,499
2,72413,081104,767
2,74813,439108,171

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 Lithuania, Benin, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.