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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 MoldovaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
4,2442,34851,181
4,1992,40352,782
4,1542,45754,453
4,1082,51056,170
4,0592,56257,860
4,0132,61359,599
3,9662,66361,474
3,9192,71363,479
3,8732,76465,590
3,8292,81667,800
3,7882,87170,114
3,7482,92872,550
3,7092,98675,138
3,6713,04777,792
3,6333,11080,534
3,5953,17483,368
3,5583,24086,229
3,5223,30789,193
3,4853,37592,209
3,4483,44495,232
3,4123,51298,320
3,3763,582101,499
3,3393,651104,767
3,5703,696108,171

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