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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 - KinshasaLatvia
2,00651,1812,386
2,01752,7822,363
2,02654,4532,333
2,01156,1702,306
2,01857,8602,284
2,02459,5992,259
2,02861,4742,235
2,03163,4792,215
2,03565,5902,197
2,03867,8002,174
2,04270,1142,138
2,04672,5502,093
2,04975,1382,055
2,05277,7922,030
2,05580,5342,009
2,05883,3681,991
2,06186,2291,974
2,06389,1931,956
2,06592,2091,938
2,06795,2321,923
2,06898,3201,910
2,065101,4991,897
2,057104,7671,880
2,048108,1711,883

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, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.