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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 - KinshasaTanzaniaYemen
51,18132,91216,728
52,78233,95317,236
54,45334,97417,762
56,17036,02118,310
57,86037,10018,855
59,59938,16719,410
61,47439,26220,000
63,47940,38720,611
65,59041,55721,236
67,80042,74121,878
70,11443,88922,533
72,55045,13223,195
75,13846,53123,880
77,79247,96524,594
80,53449,43725,311
83,36850,96526,020
86,22952,60426,698
89,19354,33627,347
92,20956,06227,985
95,23257,76528,608
98,32059,46529,216
101,49961,19129,811
104,76762,94430,399
108,17164,83531,058

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