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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 RepublicVenezuela
51,1813,88923,188
52,7823,98023,601
54,4534,05424,011
56,1704,12824,425
57,8604,21524,841
59,5994,28925,255
61,4744,36325,667
63,4794,44926,079
65,5904,54426,589
67,8004,64127,098
70,1144,74227,510
72,5504,84527,920
75,1384,95028,327
77,7925,05728,722
80,5345,16729,111
83,3685,27829,418
86,2295,39229,693
89,1935,50729,961
92,2095,62529,856
95,2325,74528,858
98,3205,87427,921
101,4996,02527,871
104,7676,15428,316
108,1716,29128,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.