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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 AlbaniaCongo - KinshasaSudan
3,08551,18126,168
3,06552,78226,771
3,04754,45327,387
3,03856,17028,017
3,02657,86028,662
3,01459,59929,321
2,99861,47429,996
2,97963,47930,686
2,95765,59031,393
2,93467,80032,137
2,91570,11433,078
2,90072,55033,891
2,89275,13834,568
2,88877,79235,293
2,88280,53436,093
2,87683,36837,058
2,86886,22938,165
2,86389,19339,294
2,86192,20940,512
2,85495,23241,764
2,84298,32042,952
2,825101,49944,121
2,799104,76745,290
2,787108,17146,498

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