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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 LithuaniaCameroonCongo - Kinshasa
3,41915,48351,181
3,39515,91352,782
3,36716,35454,453
3,34016,81556,170
3,31317,28957,860
3,27617,76459,599
3,22318,24961,474
3,17218,74663,479
3,13419,27865,590
3,10219,84367,800
3,06820,41970,114
3,00421,00272,550
2,93721,58675,138
2,89822,18177,792
2,86922,80080,534
2,84423,51383,368
2,81824,27386,229
2,78224,99589,193
2,74425,68092,209
2,71826,37395,232
2,71027,11498,320
2,71127,878101,499
2,72428,663104,767
2,74829,417108,171

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