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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 - KinshasaSierra LeoneSudan
51,1813,73626,168
52,7823,80926,771
54,4534,04327,387
56,1704,28728,017
57,8604,46628,662
59,5994,60229,321
61,4744,70829,996
63,4794,81830,686
65,5904,91831,393
67,8005,02332,137
70,1145,13233,078
72,5505,24633,891
75,1385,36434,568
77,7925,48635,293
80,5345,61336,093
83,3685,74437,058
86,2295,87938,165
89,1936,01939,294
92,2096,16340,512
95,2326,31241,764
98,3206,46142,952
101,4996,61144,121
104,7676,76145,290
108,1716,91046,498

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, Sierra Leone, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.