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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 BurundiCongo - Kinshasa
6,12851,181
6,28252,782
6,46654,453
6,67056,170
6,89757,860
7,16759,599
7,43961,474
7,70963,479
7,99165,590
8,31867,800
8,74170,114
9,14072,550
9,44075,138
9,74877,792
10,06980,534
10,38083,368
10,57786,229
10,72189,193
10,95592,209
11,22995,232
11,60298,320
11,987101,499
12,384104,767
12,795108,171

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