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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 - KinshasaNamibia
8,12151,1811,841
8,27952,7821,893
8,43054,4531,945
8,58056,1701,981
8,73957,8602,008
8,90059,5992,034
9,06161,4742,060
9,21663,4792,086
9,36465,5902,113
9,50867,8002,141
9,65270,1142,170
9,55372,5502,201
9,67075,1382,232
9,79377,7922,268
9,92280,5342,312
10,04783,3682,360
10,25486,2292,408
10,48689,1932,456
10,64792,2092,505
10,78895,2322,554
10,93398,3202,602
11,077101,4992,651
11,215104,7672,700
11,349108,1712,739

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, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.