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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 - KinshasaYemenSudan
51,18116,72826,168
52,78217,23626,771
54,45317,76227,387
56,17018,31028,017
57,86018,85528,662
59,59919,41029,321
61,47420,00029,996
63,47920,61130,686
65,59021,23631,393
67,80021,87832,137
70,11422,53333,078
72,55023,19533,891
75,13823,88034,568
77,79224,59435,293
80,53425,31136,093
83,36826,02037,058
86,22926,69838,165
89,19327,34739,294
92,20927,98540,512
95,23228,60841,764
98,32029,21642,952
101,49929,81144,121
104,76730,39945,290
108,17131,05846,498

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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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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.