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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 EstoniaSudanCongo - Kinshasa
1,37826,16851,181
1,40026,77152,782
1,39127,38754,453
1,38228,01756,170
1,37428,66257,860
1,36529,32159,599
1,35729,99661,474
1,34930,68663,479
1,34131,39365,590
1,33732,13767,800
1,33433,07870,114
1,33233,89172,550
1,32834,56875,138
1,32435,29377,792
1,31936,09380,534
1,31437,05883,368
1,31238,16586,229
1,31439,29489,193
1,31440,51292,209
1,31841,76495,232
1,32342,95298,320
1,32744,121101,499
1,32945,290104,767
1,33046,498108,171

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