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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 - KinshasaSudanBahrain
51,18126,168633
52,78226,771648
54,45327,387665
56,17028,017707
57,86028,662773
59,59929,321839
61,47429,996907
63,47930,686974
65,59031,3931,043
67,80032,1371,096
70,11433,0781,133
72,55033,8911,168
75,13834,5681,202
77,79235,2931,236
80,53436,0931,268
83,36837,0581,301
86,22938,1651,333
89,19339,2941,365
92,20940,5121,396
95,23241,7641,428
98,32042,9521,459
101,49944,1211,489
104,76745,2901,511
108,17146,4981,521

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