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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 - KinshasaBelarus
51,18110,064
52,78210,034
54,45310,000
56,1709,955
57,8609,905
59,5999,856
61,4749,807
63,4799,764
65,5909,734
67,8009,713
70,1149,697
72,5509,681
75,1389,662
77,7929,643
80,5349,624
83,3689,605
86,2299,585
89,1939,564
92,2099,542
95,2329,519
98,3209,495
101,4999,469
104,7679,442
108,1719,400

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