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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 - KinshasaGuineaHong Kong SAR China
51,1817,6106,587
52,7827,7806,646
54,4537,8216,695
56,1707,9066,725
57,8608,1216,712
59,5998,3176,765
61,4748,4786,794
63,4798,6506,838
65,5908,8606,897
67,8009,0916,938
70,1149,3276,953
72,5509,5717,004
75,1389,8257,052
77,79210,0847,130
80,53410,3517,159
83,36810,6327,209
86,22910,9247,271
89,19311,2257,316
92,20911,5347,372
95,23211,8557,432
98,32012,1607,487
101,49912,4697,460
104,76712,7787,392
108,17113,0877,387

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, Guinea, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.