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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 - KinshasaLuxembourgYemen
51,18143316,728
52,78243817,236
54,45344317,762
56,17044818,310
57,86045418,855
59,59946019,410
61,47446720,000
63,47947420,611
65,59048221,236
67,80049121,878
70,11450022,533
72,55050923,195
75,13852123,880
77,79253324,594
80,53454725,311
83,36856026,020
86,22957126,698
89,19358627,347
92,20959927,985
95,23261028,608
98,32062329,216
101,49963329,811
104,76764330,399
108,17165131,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.