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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 MoldovaLiberiaCongo - Kinshasa
4,2442,74151,181
4,1992,84752,782
4,1542,91754,453
4,1082,97856,170
4,0592,98357,860
4,0133,00559,599
3,9663,13861,474
3,9193,31163,479
3,8733,46965,590
3,8293,60367,800
3,7883,70870,114
3,7483,81772,550
3,7093,98475,138
3,6714,14177,792
3,6334,24480,534
3,5954,34883,368
3,5584,46086,229
3,5224,57689,193
3,4854,68992,209
3,4484,81095,232
3,4124,90498,320
3,3765,005101,499
3,3395,109104,767
3,5705,216108,171

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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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Liberia

  • 1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

No separate list is published for Moldova, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.