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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 YemenAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
16,7283,08551,181
17,2363,06552,782
17,7623,04754,453
18,3103,03856,170
18,8553,02657,860
19,4103,01459,599
20,0002,99861,474
20,6112,97963,479
21,2362,95765,590
21,8782,93467,800
22,5332,91570,114
23,1952,90072,550
23,8802,89275,138
24,5942,88877,792
25,3112,88280,534
26,0202,87683,368
26,6982,86886,229
27,3472,86389,193
27,9852,86192,209
28,6082,85495,232
29,2162,84298,320
29,8112,825101,499
30,3992,799104,767
31,0582,787108,171

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