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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 NigerCongo - Kinshasa
10,42451,181
10,78552,782
11,17054,453
11,58056,170
12,01557,860
12,47259,599
12,95461,474
13,45963,479
13,98665,590
14,53267,800
15,09270,114
15,66972,550
16,26375,138
16,90377,792
17,56980,534
18,24283,368
18,95786,229
19,70889,193
20,46292,209
21,22895,232
22,02398,320
22,842101,499
23,691104,767
24,587108,171

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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Original sources of these estimates

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