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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 - KinshasaSudanVenezuela
51,18126,16823,188
52,78226,77123,601
54,45327,38724,011
56,17028,01724,425
57,86028,66224,841
59,59929,32125,255
61,47429,99625,667
63,47930,68626,079
65,59031,39326,589
67,80032,13727,098
70,11433,07827,510
72,55033,89127,920
75,13834,56828,327
77,79235,29328,722
80,53436,09329,111
83,36837,05829,418
86,22938,16529,693
89,19339,29429,961
92,20940,51229,856
95,23241,76428,858
98,32042,95227,921
101,49944,12127,871
104,76745,29028,316
108,17146,49828,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.