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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 LibyaSudanCongo - Kinshasa
4,99326,16851,181
5,11626,77152,782
5,23727,38754,453
5,35728,01756,170
5,47628,66257,860
5,59529,32159,599
5,71529,99661,474
5,83530,68663,479
5,96731,39365,590
6,11532,13767,800
6,27033,07870,114
6,43233,89172,550
6,14434,56875,138
5,84935,29377,792
6,01036,09380,534
6,16337,05883,368
6,29138,16586,229
6,41539,29489,193
6,54940,51292,209
6,68941,76495,232
6,82642,95298,320
6,96044,121101,499
7,08845,290104,767
7,16946,498108,171

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