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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 SudanBarbadosCongo - Kinshasa
26,16827351,181
26,77127452,782
27,38727554,453
28,01727656,170
28,66227857,860
29,32127959,599
29,99628061,474
30,68628163,479
31,39328265,590
32,13728367,800
33,07828570,114
33,89128672,550
34,56828775,138
35,29328877,792
36,09328980,534
37,05829083,368
38,16529186,229
39,29429189,193
40,51229292,209
41,76429395,232
42,95229498,320
44,121294101,499
45,290295104,767
46,498295108,171

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