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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 - KinshasaCubaSudan
51,18111,10826,168
52,78211,14726,771
54,45311,17927,387
56,17011,21028,017
57,86011,24128,662
59,59911,26029,321
61,47411,26829,996
63,47911,26630,686
65,59011,26131,393
67,80011,25832,137
70,11411,26033,078
72,55011,26233,891
75,13811,26434,568
77,79211,26235,293
80,53411,25036,093
83,36811,23837,058
86,22911,21438,165
89,19311,18039,294
92,20911,14740,512
95,23211,11641,764
98,32011,10542,952
101,49911,08944,121
104,76711,04645,290
108,17111,00346,498

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