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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 - KinshasaMaltaSudan
51,18138726,168
52,78239026,771
54,45339327,387
56,17039628,017
57,86039828,662
59,59940129,321
61,47440429,996
63,47940530,686
65,59040631,393
67,80040932,137
70,11441233,078
72,55041433,891
75,13841634,568
77,79242035,293
80,53442636,093
83,36843537,058
86,22944538,165
89,19345539,294
92,20946840,512
95,23248541,764
98,32050442,952
101,49951644,121
104,76751845,290
108,17153046,498

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