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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 LithuaniaYemenCongo - Kinshasa
3,41916,72851,181
3,39517,23652,782
3,36717,76254,453
3,34018,31056,170
3,31318,85557,860
3,27619,41059,599
3,22320,00061,474
3,17220,61163,479
3,13421,23665,590
3,10221,87867,800
3,06822,53370,114
3,00423,19572,550
2,93723,88075,138
2,89824,59477,792
2,86925,31180,534
2,84426,02083,368
2,81826,69886,229
2,78227,34789,193
2,74427,98592,209
2,71828,60895,232
2,71029,21698,320
2,71129,811101,499
2,72430,399104,767
2,74831,058108,171

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