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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 MadagascarLuxembourgCongo - Kinshasa
15,25943351,181
15,70743852,782
16,16244354,453
16,63144856,170
17,11445457,860
17,61046059,599
18,12046761,474
18,64147463,479
19,17348265,590
19,71749167,800
20,27250070,114
20,83750972,550
21,41352175,138
21,99953377,792
22,59354780,534
23,19656083,368
23,80657186,229
24,42358689,193
25,04459992,209
25,67161095,232
26,30262398,320
26,936633101,499
27,573643104,767
28,237651108,171

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