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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	4,244	51,181	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	4,199	52,782	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	4,154	54,453	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	4,108	56,170	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	4,059	57,860	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	4,013	59,599	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	3,966	61,474	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	3,919	63,479	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	3,873	65,590	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	3,829	67,800	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	3,788	70,114	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	3,748	72,550	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	3,709	75,138	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	3,671	77,792	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	3,633	80,534	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	3,595	83,368	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	3,558	86,229	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	3,522	89,193	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	3,485	92,209	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	3,448	95,232	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	3,412	98,320	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	3,376	101,499	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	3,339	104,767	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	3,570	108,171	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.