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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	108,171	3,570

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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Original sources of these estimates

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.