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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 Palestinian TerritoriesCentral African RepublicCongo - Kinshasa
2,9963,88951,181
3,0753,98052,782
3,1554,05454,453
3,2354,12856,170
3,3154,21557,860
3,3964,28959,599
3,4784,36361,474
3,5594,44963,479
3,6424,54465,590
3,7274,64167,800
3,8174,74270,114
3,9074,84572,550
3,9974,95075,138
4,0885,05777,792
4,1785,16780,534
4,2695,27883,368
4,3595,39286,229
4,4515,50789,193
4,5335,62592,209
4,6155,74595,232
4,7155,87498,320
4,8206,025101,499
4,9306,154104,767
5,0426,291108,171

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