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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 SudanCongo - Kinshasa
26,16851,181
26,77152,782
27,38754,453
28,01756,170
28,66257,860
29,32159,599
29,99661,474
30,68663,479
31,39365,590
32,13767,800
33,07870,114
33,89172,550
34,56875,138
35,29377,792
36,09380,534
37,05883,368
38,16586,229
39,29489,193
40,51292,209
41,76495,232
42,95298,320
44,121101,499
45,290104,767
46,498108,171

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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Original sources of these estimates

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