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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 RepublicDominicaCongo - Kinshasa
3,8897051,181
3,9807152,782
4,0547154,453
4,1287256,170
4,2157257,860
4,2897259,599
4,3637261,474
4,4497263,479
4,5447265,590
4,6417367,800
4,7427370,114
4,8457372,550
4,9507375,138
5,0577377,792
5,1677380,534
5,2787383,368
5,3927486,229
5,5077489,193
5,6257492,209
5,7457495,232
5,8747598,320
6,02575101,499
6,15476104,767
6,29176108,171

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, Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.