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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 SudanBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
26,16811,07551,181
26,77111,40552,782
27,38711,82854,453
28,01712,38056,170
28,66212,82957,860
29,32113,17859,599
29,99613,54061,474
30,68613,91763,479
31,39314,30965,590
32,13714,72267,800
33,07815,15270,114
33,89115,60072,550
34,56816,06475,138
35,29316,56377,792
36,09317,07280,534
37,05817,57583,368
38,16518,09486,229
39,29418,62189,193
40,51219,15792,209
41,76419,69895,232
42,95220,24298,320
44,12120,788101,499
45,29021,336104,767
46,49821,889108,171

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