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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 - KinshasaDenmarkSudan
51,1815,32226,168
52,7825,33926,771
54,4535,35827,387
56,1705,37728,017
57,8605,39128,662
59,5995,40429,321
61,4745,42029,996
63,4795,43830,686
65,5905,46131,393
67,8005,49432,137
70,1145,52433,078
72,5505,54833,891
75,1385,57134,568
77,7925,59235,293
80,5345,61436,093
83,3685,64437,058
86,2295,68338,165
89,1935,73039,294
92,2095,76640,512
95,2325,79541,764
98,3205,81842,952
101,4995,83144,121
104,7675,85545,290
108,1715,90746,498

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