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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	4,244	6,587	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	4,199	6,646	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,154	6,695	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,108	6,725	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,059	6,712	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,013	6,765	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,966	6,794	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,919	6,838	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,873	6,897	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,829	6,938	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,788	6,953	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,748	7,004	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,709	7,052	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	3,671	7,130	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	3,633	7,159	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	3,595	7,209	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	3,558	7,271	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	3,522	7,316	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	3,485	7,372	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	3,448	7,432	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	3,412	7,487	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	3,376	7,460	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	3,339	7,392	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	3,570	7,387	108,171

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, Hong Kong SAR China, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.