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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 RepublicChad
51,1813,8897,559
52,7823,9807,821
54,4534,0548,092
56,1704,1288,395
57,8604,2158,763
59,5994,2899,191
61,4744,3639,594
63,4794,4499,967
65,5904,54410,338
67,8004,64110,728
70,1144,74211,139
72,5504,84511,550
75,1384,95011,983
77,7925,05712,427
80,5345,16712,895
83,3685,27813,379
86,2295,39213,823
89,1935,50714,277
92,2095,62514,765
95,2325,74515,252
98,3205,87415,750
101,4996,02516,257
104,7676,15416,776
108,1716,29117,307

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, Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.