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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 - KinshasaMauritaniaTurkmenistan
51,1812,4374,324
52,7822,5014,385
54,4532,5664,444
56,1702,6324,502
57,8602,6994,556
59,5992,7684,608
61,4742,8384,664
63,4792,9094,719
65,5902,9814,773
67,8003,0554,828
70,1143,1294,884
72,5503,2054,940
75,1383,2824,996
77,7923,3595,053
80,5343,4385,110
83,3683,5175,169
86,2293,5975,227
89,1933,6775,287
92,2093,7595,346
95,2323,8405,405
98,3203,9425,464
101,4994,0455,522
104,7674,1505,579
108,1714,2595,657

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