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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 - KinshasaMadagascar
51,18115,259
52,78215,707
54,45316,162
56,17016,631
57,86017,114
59,59917,610
61,47418,120
63,47918,641
65,59019,173
67,80019,717
70,11420,272
72,55020,837
75,13821,413
77,79221,999
80,53422,593
83,36823,196
86,22923,806
89,19324,423
92,20925,044
95,23225,671
98,32026,302
101,49926,936
104,76727,573
108,17128,237

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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Original sources of these estimates

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