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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 NepalEstoniaCongo - Kinshasa
23,0871,37851,181
23,4871,40052,782
23,8871,39154,453
24,2731,38256,170
24,6451,37457,860
24,9891,36559,599
25,2551,35761,474
25,4841,34963,479
25,7321,34165,590
25,9981,33767,800
26,2981,33470,114
26,6641,33272,550
27,0811,32875,138
27,5051,32477,792
27,9171,31980,534
28,3111,31483,368
28,6781,31286,229
29,0341,31489,193
29,3841,31492,209
29,7181,31895,232
30,0571,32398,320
30,5951,327101,499
31,3111,329104,767
31,8451,330108,171

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