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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 - KinshasaCongo - BrazzavilleSudan
51,1812,88626,168
52,7822,99926,771
54,4533,11327,387
56,1703,18128,017
57,8603,27428,662
59,5993,40029,321
61,4743,54329,996
63,4793,70230,686
65,5903,85931,393
67,8003,98932,137
70,1144,14633,078
72,5504,32433,891
75,1384,46834,568
77,7924,58135,293
80,5344,66736,093
83,3684,75737,058
86,2294,85138,165
89,1934,95139,294
92,2095,05540,512
95,2325,16441,764
98,3205,27942,952
101,4995,40044,121
104,7675,52745,290
108,1715,65546,498

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