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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 MacedoniaCongo - KinshasaCentral African Republic
2,00651,1813,889
2,01752,7823,980
2,02654,4534,054
2,01156,1704,128
2,01857,8604,215
2,02459,5994,289
2,02861,4744,363
2,03163,4794,449
2,03565,5904,544
2,03867,8004,641
2,04270,1144,742
2,04672,5504,845
2,04975,1384,950
2,05277,7925,057
2,05580,5345,167
2,05883,3685,278
2,06186,2295,392
2,06389,1935,507
2,06592,2095,625
2,06795,2325,745
2,06898,3205,874
2,065101,4996,025
2,057104,7676,154
2,048108,1716,291

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.