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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 - KinshasaQatarSudan
51,18162726,168
52,78265926,771
54,45369127,387
56,17072428,017
57,86075728,662
59,59985029,321
61,4741,00129,996
63,4791,15330,686
65,5901,30631,393
67,8001,46032,137
70,1141,61533,078
72,5501,77033,891
75,1381,90434,568
77,7922,01035,293
80,5342,10336,093
83,3682,18737,058
86,2292,26138,165
89,1932,32639,294
92,2092,38440,512
95,2322,43541,764
98,3202,48042,952
101,4992,51944,121
104,7672,55345,290
108,1712,55946,498

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