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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 - KinshasaSenegalYemen
51,18110,07016,728
52,78210,30517,236
54,45310,57617,762
56,17010,86418,310
57,86011,17218,855
59,59911,49819,410
61,47411,83920,000
63,47912,20420,611
65,59012,58421,236
67,80012,97821,878
70,11413,38222,533
72,55013,79423,195
75,13814,22623,880
77,79214,66824,594
80,53415,12125,311
83,36815,58926,020
86,22916,06626,698
89,19316,54927,347
92,20917,04427,985
95,23217,53528,608
98,32018,02129,216
101,49918,51829,811
104,76719,01630,399
108,17119,51231,058

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