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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 MoldovaCape VerdeCongo - Kinshasa
4,24442251,181
4,19943052,782
4,15443854,453
4,10844756,170
4,05945557,860
4,01346359,599
3,96647161,474
3,91947863,479
3,87348665,590
3,82949467,800
3,78850170,114
3,74850972,550
3,70951675,138
3,67152477,792
3,63353180,534
3,59553983,368
3,55854686,229
3,52255389,193
3,48556292,209
3,44856895,232
3,41257498,320
3,376580101,499
3,339585104,767
3,570590108,171

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