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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 - KinshasaNiger
51,18110,424
52,78210,785
54,45311,170
56,17011,580
57,86012,015
59,59912,472
61,47412,954
63,47913,459
65,59013,986
67,80014,532
70,11415,092
72,55015,669
75,13816,263
77,79216,903
80,53417,569
83,36818,242
86,22918,957
89,19319,708
92,20920,462
95,23221,228
98,32022,023
101,49922,842
104,76723,691
108,17124,587

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