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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 - KinshasaMauritania
51,1812,437
52,7822,501
54,4532,566
56,1702,632
57,8602,699
59,5992,768
61,4742,838
63,4792,909
65,5902,981
67,8003,055
70,1143,129
72,5503,205
75,1383,282
77,7923,359
80,5343,438
83,3683,517
86,2293,597
89,1933,677
92,2093,759
95,2323,840
98,3203,942
101,4994,045
104,7674,150
108,1714,259

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