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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 - KinshasaGuineaSudan
51,1817,61026,168
52,7827,78026,771
54,4537,82127,387
56,1707,90628,017
57,8608,12128,662
59,5998,31729,321
61,4748,47829,996
63,4798,65030,686
65,5908,86031,393
67,8009,09132,137
70,1149,32733,078
72,5509,57133,891
75,1389,82534,568
77,79210,08435,293
80,53410,35136,093
83,36810,63237,058
86,22910,92438,165
89,19311,22539,294
92,20911,53440,512
95,23211,85541,764
98,32012,16042,952
101,49912,46944,121
104,76712,77845,290
108,17113,08746,498

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