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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 MoldovaSierra LeoneCongo - Kinshasa
4,2443,73651,181
4,1993,80952,782
4,1544,04354,453
4,1084,28756,170
4,0594,46657,860
4,0134,60259,599
3,9664,70861,474
3,9194,81863,479
3,8734,91865,590
3,8295,02367,800
3,7885,13270,114
3,7485,24672,550
3,7095,36475,138
3,6715,48677,792
3,6335,61380,534
3,5955,74483,368
3,5585,87986,229
3,5226,01989,193
3,4856,16392,209
3,4486,31295,232
3,4126,46198,320
3,3766,611101,499
3,3396,761104,767
3,5706,910108,171

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