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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 - KinshasaLibyaTurkmenistan
51,1814,9934,324
52,7825,1164,385
54,4535,2374,444
56,1705,3574,502
57,8605,4764,556
59,5995,5954,608
61,4745,7154,664
63,4795,8354,719
65,5905,9674,773
67,8006,1154,828
70,1146,2704,884
72,5506,4324,940
75,1386,1444,996
77,7925,8495,053
80,5346,0105,110
83,3686,1635,169
86,2296,2915,227
89,1936,4155,287
92,2096,5495,346
95,2326,6895,405
98,3206,8265,464
101,4996,9605,522
104,7677,0885,579
108,1717,1695,657

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, Libya, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.