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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 - BrazzavilleSudan
2,88626,168
2,99926,771
3,11327,387
3,18128,017
3,27428,662
3,40029,321
3,54329,996
3,70230,686
3,85931,393
3,98932,137
4,14633,078
4,32433,891
4,46834,568
4,58135,293
4,66736,093
4,75737,058
4,85138,165
4,95139,294
5,05540,512
5,16441,764
5,27942,952
5,40044,121
5,52745,290
5,65546,498

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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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

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