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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 VenezuelaMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
23,1884,24451,181
23,6014,19952,782
24,0114,15454,453
24,4254,10856,170
24,8414,05957,860
25,2554,01359,599
25,6673,96661,474
26,0793,91963,479
26,5893,87365,590
27,0983,82967,800
27,5103,78870,114
27,9203,74872,550
28,3273,70975,138
28,7223,67177,792
29,1113,63380,534
29,4183,59583,368
29,6933,55886,229
29,9613,52289,193
29,8563,48592,209
28,8583,44895,232
27,9213,41298,320
27,8713,376101,499
28,3163,339104,767
28,4183,570108,171

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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