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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 - KinshasaSudanYemen
51,18126,16816,728
52,78226,77117,236
54,45327,38717,762
56,17028,01718,310
57,86028,66218,855
59,59929,32119,410
61,47429,99620,000
63,47930,68620,611
65,59031,39321,236
67,80032,13721,878
70,11433,07822,533
72,55033,89123,195
75,13834,56823,880
77,79235,29324,594
80,53436,09325,311
83,36837,05826,020
86,22938,16526,698
89,19339,29427,347
92,20940,51227,985
95,23241,76428,608
98,32042,95229,216
101,49944,12129,811
104,76745,29030,399
108,17146,49831,058

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