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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 - KinshasaSierra Leone
8,12151,1813,736
8,27952,7823,809
8,43054,4534,043
8,58056,1704,287
8,73957,8604,466
8,90059,5994,602
9,06161,4744,708
9,21663,4794,818
9,36465,5904,918
9,50867,8005,023
9,65270,1145,132
9,55372,5505,246
9,67075,1385,364
9,79377,7925,486
9,92280,5345,613
10,04783,3685,744
10,25486,2295,879
10,48689,1936,019
10,64792,2096,163
10,78895,2326,312
10,93398,3206,461
11,077101,4996,611
11,215104,7676,761
11,349108,1716,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.