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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 NamibiaCongo - KinshasaYemen
1,84151,18116,728
1,89352,78217,236
1,94554,45317,762
1,98156,17018,310
2,00857,86018,855
2,03459,59919,410
2,06061,47420,000
2,08663,47920,611
2,11365,59021,236
2,14167,80021,878
2,17070,11422,533
2,20172,55023,195
2,23275,13823,880
2,26877,79224,594
2,31280,53425,311
2,36083,36826,020
2,40886,22926,698
2,45689,19327,347
2,50592,20927,985
2,55495,23228,608
2,60298,32029,216
2,651101,49929,811
2,700104,76730,399
2,739108,17131,058

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 Namibia, Congo - Kinshasa, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.