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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 - KinshasaAfghanistan
23,08751,18122,206
23,48752,78222,461
23,88754,45322,507
24,27356,17023,600
24,64557,86025,005
24,98959,59925,698
25,25561,47426,335
25,48463,47927,154
25,73265,59027,387
25,99867,80027,706
26,29870,11428,484
26,66472,55029,121
27,08175,13829,758
27,50577,79230,420
27,91780,53431,108
28,31183,36831,823
28,67886,22932,564
29,03489,19333,332
29,38492,20934,125
29,71895,23234,941
30,05798,32035,972
30,595101,49937,034
31,311104,76738,127
31,845108,17139,252

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.