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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 RepublicSudanCongo - Kinshasa
3,88926,16851,181
3,98026,77152,782
4,05427,38754,453
4,12828,01756,170
4,21528,66257,860
4,28929,32159,599
4,36329,99661,474
4,44930,68663,479
4,54431,39365,590
4,64132,13767,800
4,74233,07870,114
4,84533,89172,550
4,95034,56875,138
5,05735,29377,792
5,16736,09380,534
5,27837,05883,368
5,39238,16586,229
5,50739,29489,193
5,62540,51292,209
5,74541,76495,232
5,87442,95298,320
6,02544,121101,499
6,15445,290104,767
6,29146,498108,171

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