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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 - KinshasaCubaCentral African Republic
51,18111,1083,889
52,78211,1473,980
54,45311,1794,054
56,17011,2104,128
57,86011,2414,215
59,59911,2604,289
61,47411,2684,363
63,47911,2664,449
65,59011,2614,544
67,80011,2584,641
70,11411,2604,742
72,55011,2624,845
75,13811,2644,950
77,79211,2625,057
80,53411,2505,167
83,36811,2385,278
86,22911,2145,392
89,19311,1805,507
92,20911,1475,625
95,23211,1165,745
98,32011,1055,874
101,49911,0896,025
104,76711,0466,154
108,17111,0036,291

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

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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