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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaliCongo - KinshasaCameroon
10,59651,18115,483
10,83352,78215,913
10,89054,45316,354
11,00756,17016,815
11,30757,86017,289
11,57959,59917,764
11,80461,47418,249
12,04363,47918,746
12,33765,59019,278
12,65767,80019,843
12,98670,11420,419
13,32572,55021,002
13,67975,13821,586
14,04077,79222,181
14,41280,53422,800
14,80383,36823,513
15,21086,22924,273
15,62989,19324,995
16,06092,20925,680
16,50795,23226,373
16,96798,32027,114
17,442101,49927,878
17,930104,76728,663
18,494108,17129,417

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 Mali, Congo - Kinshasa, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.