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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 - KinshasaCameroon
51,18115,483
52,78215,913
54,45316,354
56,17016,815
57,86017,289
59,59917,764
61,47418,249
63,47918,746
65,59019,278
67,80019,843
70,11420,419
72,55021,002
75,13821,586
77,79222,181
80,53422,800
83,36823,513
86,22924,273
89,19324,995
92,20925,680
95,23226,373
98,32027,114
101,49927,878
104,76728,663
108,17129,417

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