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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 LibyaCongo - KinshasaCambodia
4,99351,18112,122
5,11652,78212,317
5,23754,45312,504
5,35756,17012,691
5,47657,86012,881
5,59559,59913,076
5,71561,47413,276
5,83563,47913,461
5,96765,59013,630
6,11567,80013,808
6,27070,11413,990
6,43272,55014,162
6,14475,13814,322
5,84977,79214,480
6,01080,53414,637
6,16383,36814,793
6,29186,22914,994
6,41589,19315,238
6,54992,20915,480
6,68995,23215,717
6,82698,32015,944
6,960101,49916,149
7,088104,76716,338
7,169108,17116,514

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