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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mauritania	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	108,171	3,570

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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GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

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