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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 Central African RepublicCongo - KinshasaAlgeria
3,88951,18130,083
3,98052,78230,515
4,05454,45330,952
4,12856,17031,397
4,21557,86031,847
4,28959,59932,320
4,36361,47432,785
4,44963,47933,286
4,54465,59033,866
4,64167,80034,480
4,74270,11435,126
4,84572,55035,805
4,95075,13836,506
5,05777,79237,215
5,16780,53437,930
5,27883,36838,650
5,39286,22939,372
5,50789,19340,087
5,62592,20940,787
5,74595,23241,471
5,87498,32042,135
6,025101,49942,779
6,154104,76743,401
6,291108,17144,114

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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Algeria; the database as a whole is cited above.