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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 - KinshasaVenezuelaSudan
51,18123,18826,168
52,78223,60126,771
54,45324,01127,387
56,17024,42528,017
57,86024,84128,662
59,59925,25529,321
61,47425,66729,996
63,47926,07930,686
65,59026,58931,393
67,80027,09832,137
70,11427,51033,078
72,55027,92033,891
75,13828,32734,568
77,79228,72235,293
80,53429,11136,093
83,36829,41837,058
86,22929,69338,165
89,19329,96139,294
92,20929,85640,512
95,23228,85841,764
98,32027,92142,952
101,49927,87144,121
104,76728,31645,290
108,17128,41846,498

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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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.