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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 MoldovaCameroonCongo - Kinshasa
4,24415,48351,181
4,19915,91352,782
4,15416,35454,453
4,10816,81556,170
4,05917,28957,860
4,01317,76459,599
3,96618,24961,474
3,91918,74663,479
3,87319,27865,590
3,82919,84367,800
3,78820,41970,114
3,74821,00272,550
3,70921,58675,138
3,67122,18177,792
3,63322,80080,534
3,59523,51383,368
3,55824,27386,229
3,52224,99589,193
3,48525,68092,209
3,44826,37395,232
3,41227,11498,320
3,37627,878101,499
3,33928,663104,767
3,57029,417108,171

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