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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 - KinshasaChadBarbados
51,1817,559273
52,7827,821274
54,4538,092275
56,1708,395276
57,8608,763278
59,5999,191279
61,4749,594280
63,4799,967281
65,59010,338282
67,80010,728283
70,11411,139285
72,55011,550286
75,13811,983287
77,79212,427288
80,53412,895289
83,36813,379290
86,22913,823291
89,19314,277291
92,20914,765292
95,23215,252293
98,32015,750294
101,49916,257294
104,76716,776295
108,17117,307295

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, Chad, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.