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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 North MacedoniaBarbadosCongo - Kinshasa
2,00627351,181
2,01727452,782
2,02627554,453
2,01127656,170
2,01827857,860
2,02427959,599
2,02828061,474
2,03128163,479
2,03528265,590
2,03828367,800
2,04228570,114
2,04628672,550
2,04928775,138
2,05228877,792
2,05528980,534
2,05829083,368
2,06129186,229
2,06329189,193
2,06529292,209
2,06729395,232
2,06829498,320
2,065294101,499
2,057295104,767
2,048295108,171

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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