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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 HaitiCongo - KinshasaEthiopia
8,12151,18163,575
8,27952,78265,213
8,43054,45366,889
8,58056,17068,649
8,73957,86070,491
8,90059,59972,389
9,06161,47474,327
9,21663,47976,326
9,36465,59078,411
9,50867,80080,564
9,65270,11482,787
9,55372,55085,096
9,67075,13887,530
9,79377,79290,066
9,92280,53492,632
10,04783,36895,337
10,25486,22998,114
10,48689,193100,858
10,64792,209103,654
10,78895,232106,466
10,93398,320109,267
11,077101,499112,100
11,215104,767114,964
11,349108,171117,924

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