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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 - KinshasaCape Verde
2,00651,181422
2,01752,782430
2,02654,453438
2,01156,170447
2,01857,860455
2,02459,599463
2,02861,474471
2,03163,479478
2,03565,590486
2,03867,800494
2,04270,114501
2,04672,550509
2,04975,138516
2,05277,792524
2,05580,534531
2,05883,368539
2,06186,229546
2,06389,193553
2,06592,209562
2,06795,232568
2,06898,320574
2,065101,499580
2,057104,767585
2,048108,171590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.