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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 YemenMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
16,7284,24451,181
17,2364,19952,782
17,7624,15454,453
18,3104,10856,170
18,8554,05957,860
19,4104,01359,599
20,0003,96661,474
20,6113,91963,479
21,2363,87365,590
21,8783,82967,800
22,5333,78870,114
23,1953,74872,550
23,8803,70975,138
24,5943,67177,792
25,3113,63380,534
26,0203,59583,368
26,6983,55886,229
27,3473,52289,193
27,9853,48592,209
28,6083,44895,232
29,2163,41298,320
29,8113,376101,499
30,3993,339104,767
31,0583,570108,171

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