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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 - KinshasaTurkmenistanNepal
51,1814,32423,087
52,7824,38523,487
54,4534,44423,887
56,1704,50224,273
57,8604,55624,645
59,5994,60824,989
61,4744,66425,255
63,4794,71925,484
65,5904,77325,732
67,8004,82825,998
70,1144,88426,298
72,5504,94026,664
75,1384,99627,081
77,7925,05327,505
80,5345,11027,917
83,3685,16928,311
86,2295,22728,678
89,1935,28729,034
92,2095,34629,384
95,2325,40529,718
98,3205,46430,057
101,4995,52230,595
104,7675,57931,311
108,1715,65731,845

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, Turkmenistan, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.