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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 YemenCongo - KinshasaAlbania
16,72851,1813,085
17,23652,7823,065
17,76254,4533,047
18,31056,1703,038
18,85557,8603,026
19,41059,5993,014
20,00061,4742,998
20,61163,4792,979
21,23665,5902,957
21,87867,8002,934
22,53370,1142,915
23,19572,5502,900
23,88075,1382,892
24,59477,7922,888
25,31180,5342,882
26,02083,3682,876
26,69886,2292,868
27,34789,1932,863
27,98592,2092,861
28,60895,2322,854
29,21698,3202,842
29,811101,4992,825
30,399104,7672,799
31,058108,1712,787

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