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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 AlbaniaCentral African RepublicCongo - Kinshasa
3,0853,88951,181
3,0653,98052,782
3,0474,05454,453
3,0384,12856,170
3,0264,21557,860
3,0144,28959,599
2,9984,36361,474
2,9794,44963,479
2,9574,54465,590
2,9344,64167,800
2,9154,74270,114
2,9004,84572,550
2,8924,95075,138
2,8885,05777,792
2,8825,16780,534
2,8765,27883,368
2,8685,39286,229
2,8635,50789,193
2,8615,62592,209
2,8545,74595,232
2,8425,87498,320
2,8256,025101,499
2,7996,154104,767
2,7876,291108,171

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 Albania, Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.