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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 - KinshasaDenmarkCentral African Republic
51,1815,3223,889
52,7825,3393,980
54,4535,3584,054
56,1705,3774,128
57,8605,3914,215
59,5995,4044,289
61,4745,4204,363
63,4795,4384,449
65,5905,4614,544
67,8005,4944,641
70,1145,5244,742
72,5505,5484,845
75,1385,5714,950
77,7925,5925,057
80,5345,6145,167
83,3685,6445,278
86,2295,6835,392
89,1935,7305,507
92,2095,7665,625
95,2325,7955,745
98,3205,8185,874
101,4995,8316,025
104,7675,8556,154
108,1715,9076,291

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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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, Denmark, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.