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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 - KinshasaSudanTanzania
51,18126,16832,912
52,78226,77133,953
54,45327,38734,974
56,17028,01736,021
57,86028,66237,100
59,59929,32138,167
61,47429,99639,262
63,47930,68640,387
65,59031,39341,557
67,80032,13742,741
70,11433,07843,889
72,55033,89145,132
75,13834,56846,531
77,79235,29347,965
80,53436,09349,437
83,36837,05850,965
86,22938,16552,604
89,19339,29454,336
92,20940,51256,062
95,23241,76457,765
98,32042,95259,465
101,49944,12161,191
104,76745,29062,944
108,17146,49864,835

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