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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 - KinshasaLuxembourgSudan
51,18143326,168
52,78243826,771
54,45344327,387
56,17044828,017
57,86045428,662
59,59946029,321
61,47446729,996
63,47947430,686
65,59048231,393
67,80049132,137
70,11450033,078
72,55050933,891
75,13852134,568
77,79253335,293
80,53454736,093
83,36856037,058
86,22957138,165
89,19358639,294
92,20959940,512
95,23261041,764
98,32062342,952
101,49963344,121
104,76764345,290
108,17165146,498

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