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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 - KinshasaBarbados
26,16851,181273
26,77152,782274
27,38754,453275
28,01756,170276
28,66257,860278
29,32159,599279
29,99661,474280
30,68663,479281
31,39365,590282
32,13767,800283
33,07870,114285
33,89172,550286
34,56875,138287
35,29377,792288
36,09380,534289
37,05883,368290
38,16586,229291
39,29489,193291
40,51292,209292
41,76495,232293
42,95298,320294
44,121101,499294
45,290104,767295
46,498108,171295

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, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.