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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 MoldovaGuineaCongo - Kinshasa
4,2447,61051,181
4,1997,78052,782
4,1547,82154,453
4,1087,90656,170
4,0598,12157,860
4,0138,31759,599
3,9668,47861,474
3,9198,65063,479
3,8738,86065,590
3,8299,09167,800
3,7889,32770,114
3,7489,57172,550
3,7099,82575,138
3,67110,08477,792
3,63310,35180,534
3,59510,63283,368
3,55810,92486,229
3,52211,22589,193
3,48511,53492,209
3,44811,85595,232
3,41212,16098,320
3,37612,469101,499
3,33912,778104,767
3,57013,087108,171

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