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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 - KinshasaEthiopia
51,18163,575
52,78265,213
54,45366,889
56,17068,649
57,86070,491
59,59972,389
61,47474,327
63,47976,326
65,59078,411
67,80080,564
70,11482,787
72,55085,096
75,13887,530
77,79290,066
80,53492,632
83,36895,337
86,22998,114
89,193100,858
92,209103,654
95,232106,466
98,320109,267
101,499112,100
104,767114,964
108,171117,924

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

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