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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 NigerMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
10,4244,24451,181
10,7854,19952,782
11,1704,15454,453
11,5804,10856,170
12,0154,05957,860
12,4724,01359,599
12,9543,96661,474
13,4593,91963,479
13,9863,87365,590
14,5323,82967,800
15,0923,78870,114
15,6693,74872,550
16,2633,70975,138
16,9033,67177,792
17,5693,63380,534
18,2423,59583,368
18,9573,55886,229
19,7083,52289,193
20,4623,48592,209
21,2283,44895,232
22,0233,41298,320
22,8423,376101,499
23,6913,339104,767
24,5873,570108,171

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 Niger, Moldova, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.