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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 Congo - KinshasaBurundiSudan
51,1816,12826,168
52,7826,28226,771
54,4536,46627,387
56,1706,67028,017
57,8606,89728,662
59,5997,16729,321
61,4747,43929,996
63,4797,70930,686
65,5907,99131,393
67,8008,31832,137
70,1148,74133,078
72,5509,14033,891
75,1389,44034,568
77,7929,74835,293
80,53410,06936,093
83,36810,38037,058
86,22910,57738,165
89,19310,72139,294
92,20910,95540,512
95,23211,22941,764
98,32011,60242,952
101,49911,98744,121
104,76712,38445,290
108,17112,79546,498

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