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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 - KinshasaYemen
51,18116,728
52,78217,236
54,45317,762
56,17018,310
57,86018,855
59,59919,410
61,47420,000
63,47920,611
65,59021,236
67,80021,878
70,11422,533
72,55023,195
75,13823,880
77,79224,594
80,53425,311
83,36826,020
86,22926,698
89,19327,347
92,20927,985
95,23228,608
98,32029,216
101,49929,811
104,76730,399
108,17131,058

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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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

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