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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	Moldova	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	4,244	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	4,199	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	4,154	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	4,108	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	4,059	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	4,013	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	3,966	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	3,919	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	3,873	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	3,829	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	3,788	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	3,748	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	3,709	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	3,671	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	3,633	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	3,595	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	3,558	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	3,522	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	3,485	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	3,448	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	3,412	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	3,376	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	3,339	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	3,570	108,171	39,252

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