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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 - KinshasaMoldovaSudan
51,1814,24426,168
52,7824,19926,771
54,4534,15427,387
56,1704,10828,017
57,8604,05928,662
59,5994,01329,321
61,4743,96629,996
63,4793,91930,686
65,5903,87331,393
67,8003,82932,137
70,1143,78833,078
72,5503,74833,891
75,1383,70934,568
77,7923,67135,293
80,5343,63336,093
83,3683,59537,058
86,2293,55838,165
89,1933,52239,294
92,2093,48540,512
95,2323,44841,764
98,3203,41242,952
101,4993,37644,121
104,7673,33945,290
108,1713,57046,498

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