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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	4,244	51,181	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	4,199	52,782	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	4,154	54,453	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	4,108	56,170	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	4,059	57,860	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	4,013	59,599	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	3,966	61,474	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	3,919	63,479	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	3,873	65,590	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	3,829	67,800	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	3,788	70,114	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	3,748	72,550	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	3,709	75,138	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	3,671	77,792	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	3,633	80,534	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	3,595	83,368	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	3,558	86,229	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	3,522	89,193	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	3,485	92,209	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	3,448	95,232	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	3,412	98,320	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	3,376	101,499	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	3,339	104,767	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	3,570	108,171	3,333

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