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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 - KinshasaPuerto RicoSudan
51,1813,80026,168
52,7823,81126,771
54,4533,81927,387
56,1703,82428,017
57,8603,82628,662
59,5993,82729,321
61,4743,82229,996
63,4793,80530,686
65,5903,78331,393
67,8003,76132,137
70,1143,74133,078
72,5503,72233,891
75,1383,67934,568
77,7923,63635,293
80,5343,58936,093
83,3683,53437,058
86,2293,47338,165
89,1933,41139,294
92,2093,35240,512
95,2323,29541,764
98,3203,26842,952
101,4993,24744,121
104,7673,23245,290
108,1713,22846,498

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