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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 - KinshasaMauritaniaYemen
51,1812,43716,728
52,7822,50117,236
54,4532,56617,762
56,1702,63218,310
57,8602,69918,855
59,5992,76819,410
61,4742,83820,000
63,4792,90920,611
65,5902,98121,236
67,8003,05521,878
70,1143,12922,533
72,5503,20523,195
75,1383,28223,880
77,7923,35924,594
80,5343,43825,311
83,3683,51726,020
86,2293,59726,698
89,1933,67727,347
92,2093,75927,985
95,2323,84028,608
98,3203,94229,216
101,4994,04529,811
104,7674,15030,399
108,1714,25931,058

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