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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 - KinshasaChadCentral African Republic
51,1817,5593,889
52,7827,8213,980
54,4538,0924,054
56,1708,3954,128
57,8608,7634,215
59,5999,1914,289
61,4749,5944,363
63,4799,9674,449
65,59010,3384,544
67,80010,7284,641
70,11411,1394,742
72,55011,5504,845
75,13811,9834,950
77,79212,4275,057
80,53412,8955,167
83,36813,3795,278
86,22913,8235,392
89,19314,2775,507
92,20914,7655,625
95,23215,2525,745
98,32015,7505,874
101,49916,2576,025
104,76716,7766,154
108,17117,3076,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.