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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 - KinshasaSudanVietnam
51,18126,16878,394
52,78226,77179,472
54,45327,38780,546
56,17028,01781,637
57,86028,66282,720
59,59929,32183,821
61,47429,99684,942
63,47930,68686,036
65,59031,39387,136
67,80032,13788,253
70,11433,07889,373
72,55033,89190,481
75,13834,56891,591
77,79235,29392,720
80,53436,09393,883
83,36837,05895,055
86,22938,16596,222
89,19339,29497,380
92,20940,51298,507
95,23241,76499,604
98,32042,952100,695
101,49944,121101,771
104,76745,290102,815
108,17146,498103,574

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