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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 - KinshasaYemenSerbia
51,18116,7287,611
52,78217,2367,587
54,45317,7627,574
56,17018,3107,570
57,86018,8557,551
59,59919,4107,533
61,47420,0007,510
63,47920,6117,481
65,59021,2367,451
67,80021,8787,419
70,11422,5337,389
72,55023,1957,360
75,13823,8807,304
77,79224,5947,269
80,53425,3117,234
83,36826,0207,199
86,22926,6987,162
89,19327,3477,124
92,20927,9857,087
95,23228,6087,048
98,32029,2167,010
101,49929,8116,964
104,76730,3996,898
108,17131,0586,833

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

Serbia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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