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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 NepalCongo - Kinshasa
23,08751,181
23,48752,782
23,88754,453
24,27356,170
24,64557,860
24,98959,599
25,25561,474
25,48463,479
25,73265,590
25,99867,800
26,29870,114
26,66472,550
27,08175,138
27,50577,792
27,91780,534
28,31183,368
28,67886,229
29,03489,193
29,38492,209
29,71895,232
30,05798,320
30,595101,499
31,311104,767
31,845108,171

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