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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Norway	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	4,463	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	4,492	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	4,515	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	4,539	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	4,566	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	4,593	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	4,624	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	4,662	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	4,710	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	4,769	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	4,830	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	4,890	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	4,954	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	5,020	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	5,081	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	5,138	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	5,191	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	5,237	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	5,278	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	5,313	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	5,349	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	5,380	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	5,409	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	5,458	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.

All data sources

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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