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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 - KinshasaSudanComoros
51,18126,168531
52,78226,771545
54,45327,387559
56,17028,017574
57,86028,662590
59,59929,321606
61,47429,996623
63,47930,686640
65,59031,393657
67,80032,137674
70,11433,078690
72,55033,891706
75,13834,568722
77,79235,293737
80,53436,093752
83,36837,058767
86,22938,165781
89,19339,294795
92,20940,512808
95,23241,764821
98,32042,952837
101,49944,121853
104,76745,290869
108,17146,498885

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