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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 - KinshasaSudan
51,18126,168
52,78226,771
54,45327,387
56,17028,017
57,86028,662
59,59929,321
61,47429,996
63,47930,686
65,59031,393
67,80032,137
70,11433,078
72,55033,891
75,13834,568
77,79235,293
80,53436,093
83,36837,058
86,22938,165
89,19339,294
92,20940,512
95,23241,764
98,32042,952
101,49944,121
104,76745,290
108,17146,498

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