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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 MoldovaCongo - KinshasaYemen
4,24451,18116,728
4,19952,78217,236
4,15454,45317,762
4,10856,17018,310
4,05957,86018,855
4,01359,59919,410
3,96661,47420,000
3,91963,47920,611
3,87365,59021,236
3,82967,80021,878
3,78870,11422,533
3,74872,55023,195
3,70975,13823,880
3,67177,79224,594
3,63380,53425,311
3,59583,36826,020
3,55886,22926,698
3,52289,19327,347
3,48592,20927,985
3,44895,23228,608
3,41298,32029,216
3,376101,49929,811
3,339104,76730,399
3,570108,17131,058

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