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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 NepalSudanCongo - Kinshasa
23,08726,16851,181
23,48726,77152,782
23,88727,38754,453
24,27328,01756,170
24,64528,66257,860
24,98929,32159,599
25,25529,99661,474
25,48430,68663,479
25,73231,39365,590
25,99832,13767,800
26,29833,07870,114
26,66433,89172,550
27,08134,56875,138
27,50535,29377,792
27,91736,09380,534
28,31137,05883,368
28,67838,16586,229
29,03439,29489,193
29,38440,51292,209
29,71841,76495,232
30,05742,95298,320
30,59544,121101,499
31,31145,290104,767
31,84546,498108,171

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