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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 ChileSudanCongo - Kinshasa
15,14026,16851,181
15,34026,77152,782
15,51327,38754,453
15,68628,01756,170
15,85928,66257,860
16,02929,32159,599
16,22229,99661,474
16,36430,68663,479
16,53631,39365,590
16,70032,13767,800
16,86433,07870,114
16,99933,89172,550
17,18934,56875,138
17,37835,29377,792
17,54536,09380,534
17,72037,05883,368
17,90438,16586,229
18,09939,29489,193
18,35040,51292,209
18,68141,76495,232
19,03542,95298,320
19,38544,121101,499
19,60445,290104,767
19,71546,498108,171

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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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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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