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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	Namibia	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	1,841	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	1,893	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	1,945	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	1,981	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	2,008	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	2,034	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	2,060	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	2,086	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	2,113	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	2,141	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	2,170	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	2,201	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	2,232	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	2,268	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	2,312	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	2,360	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	2,408	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	2,456	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	2,505	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	2,554	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	2,602	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	2,651	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	2,700	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	2,739	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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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

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