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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 BelarusCongo - KinshasaSudan
10,06451,18126,168
10,03452,78226,771
10,00054,45327,387
9,95556,17028,017
9,90557,86028,662
9,85659,59929,321
9,80761,47429,996
9,76463,47930,686
9,73465,59031,393
9,71367,80032,137
9,69770,11433,078
9,68172,55033,891
9,66275,13834,568
9,64377,79235,293
9,62480,53436,093
9,60583,36837,058
9,58586,22938,165
9,56489,19339,294
9,54292,20940,512
9,51995,23241,764
9,49598,32042,952
9,469101,49944,121
9,442104,76745,290
9,400108,17146,498

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