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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 MacedoniaBeninCongo - Kinshasa
2,0066,46151,181
2,0176,67752,782
2,0266,90254,453
2,0117,13056,170
2,0187,36057,860
2,0247,58959,599
2,0287,83861,474
2,0318,08963,479
2,0358,33565,590
2,0388,60367,800
2,0428,88470,114
2,0469,17972,550
2,0499,48675,138
2,0529,80577,792
2,05510,13580,534
2,05810,48083,368
2,06110,84286,229
2,06311,22089,193
2,06511,61392,209
2,06712,01895,232
2,06812,37098,320
2,06512,725101,499
2,05713,081104,767
2,04813,439108,171

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