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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 - KinshasaCentral African RepublicAfghanistan
51,1813,88922,206
52,7823,98022,461
54,4534,05422,507
56,1704,12823,600
57,8604,21525,005
59,5994,28925,698
61,4744,36326,335
63,4794,44927,154
65,5904,54427,387
67,8004,64127,706
70,1144,74228,484
72,5504,84529,121
75,1384,95029,758
77,7925,05730,420
80,5345,16731,108
83,3685,27831,823
86,2295,39232,564
89,1935,50733,332
92,2095,62534,125
95,2325,74534,941
98,3205,87435,972
101,4996,02537,034
104,7676,15438,127
108,1716,29139,252

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, Central African Republic, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.