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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 - KinshasaCyprusYemen
51,18181816,728
52,78282617,236
54,45383517,762
56,17084518,310
57,86085518,855
59,59986719,410
61,47487920,000
63,47989420,611
65,59091321,236
67,80093721,878
70,11496222,533
72,55098823,195
75,1381,01323,880
77,7921,02924,594
80,5341,02625,311
83,3681,01526,020
86,2291,00926,698
89,1931,01427,347
92,2091,02327,985
95,2321,03628,608
98,3201,05029,216
101,4991,06229,811
104,7671,07230,399
108,1711,08731,058

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, Cyprus, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.