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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 - KinshasaChadYemen
51,1817,55916,728
52,7827,82117,236
54,4538,09217,762
56,1708,39518,310
57,8608,76318,855
59,5999,19119,410
61,4749,59420,000
63,4799,96720,611
65,59010,33821,236
67,80010,72821,878
70,11411,13922,533
72,55011,55023,195
75,13811,98323,880
77,79212,42724,594
80,53412,89525,311
83,36813,37926,020
86,22913,82326,698
89,19314,27727,347
92,20914,76527,985
95,23215,25228,608
98,32015,75029,216
101,49916,25729,811
104,76716,77630,399
108,17117,30731,058

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