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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 - KinshasaCentral African Republic
10,42451,1813,889
10,78552,7823,980
11,17054,4534,054
11,58056,1704,128
12,01557,8604,215
12,47259,5994,289
12,95461,4744,363
13,45963,4794,449
13,98665,5904,544
14,53267,8004,641
15,09270,1144,742
15,66972,5504,845
16,26375,1384,950
16,90377,7925,057
17,56980,5345,167
18,24283,3685,278
18,95786,2295,392
19,70889,1935,507
20,46292,2095,625
21,22895,2325,745
22,02398,3205,874
22,842101,4996,025
23,691104,7676,154
24,587108,1716,291

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