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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 - KinshasaYemenSri Lanka
51,18116,72819,354
52,78217,23619,610
54,45317,76219,838
56,17018,31020,060
57,86018,85520,297
59,59919,41020,529
61,47420,00020,703
63,47920,61120,917
65,59021,23621,120
67,80021,87821,315
70,11422,53321,503
72,55023,19521,713
75,13823,88021,918
77,79224,59422,120
80,53425,31122,320
83,36826,02022,517
86,22926,69822,711
89,19327,34722,899
92,20927,98523,080
95,23228,60823,254
98,32029,21623,420
101,49929,81123,579
104,76730,39923,732
108,17131,05823,796

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