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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 MoldovaNepalCongo - Kinshasa
4,24423,08751,181
4,19923,48752,782
4,15423,88754,453
4,10824,27356,170
4,05924,64557,860
4,01324,98959,599
3,96625,25561,474
3,91925,48463,479
3,87325,73265,590
3,82925,99867,800
3,78826,29870,114
3,74826,66472,550
3,70927,08175,138
3,67127,50577,792
3,63327,91780,534
3,59528,31183,368
3,55828,67886,229
3,52229,03489,193
3,48529,38492,209
3,44829,71895,232
3,41230,05798,320
3,37630,595101,499
3,33931,311104,767
3,57031,845108,171

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