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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 - KinshasaLesothoSudan
51,1811,90826,168
52,7821,91626,771
54,4531,92227,387
56,1701,92628,017
57,8601,92628,662
59,5991,92529,321
61,4741,92229,996
63,4791,91930,686
65,5901,91731,393
67,8001,91532,137
70,1141,91633,078
72,5501,92033,891
75,1381,92534,568
77,7921,93035,293
80,5341,93636,093
83,3681,94237,058
86,2291,94838,165
89,1931,95339,294
92,2091,95840,512
95,2321,96241,764
98,3201,98742,952
101,4992,01344,121
104,7672,03745,290
108,1712,05946,498

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