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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	78	51,181	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	79	52,782	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	80	54,453	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	81	56,170	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	82	57,860	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	83	59,599	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	84	61,474	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	85	63,479	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	86	65,590	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	87	67,800	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	87	70,114	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	88	72,550	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	89	75,138	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	90	77,792	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	91	80,534	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	92	83,368	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	92	86,229	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	93	89,193	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	94	92,209	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	95	95,232	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	96	98,320	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	97	101,499	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	98	104,767	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	98	108,171	3,696	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

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