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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 MauritiusAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
1,1733,08551,181
1,1863,06552,782
1,1993,04754,453
1,2113,03856,170
1,2223,02657,860
1,2333,01459,599
1,2432,99861,474
1,2532,97963,479
1,2612,95765,590
1,2692,93467,800
1,2762,91570,114
1,2822,90072,550
1,2862,89275,138
1,2882,88877,792
1,2912,88280,534
1,2942,87683,368
1,2962,86886,229
1,2982,86389,193
1,3002,86192,209
1,3022,85495,232
1,3042,84298,320
1,3052,825101,499
1,3072,799104,767
1,3072,787108,171

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