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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 - KinshasaLatvia
26,16851,1812,386
26,77152,7822,363
27,38754,4532,333
28,01756,1702,306
28,66257,8602,284
29,32159,5992,259
29,99661,4742,235
30,68663,4792,215
31,39365,5902,197
32,13767,8002,174
33,07870,1142,138
33,89172,5502,093
34,56875,1382,055
35,29377,7922,030
36,09380,5342,009
37,05883,3681,991
38,16586,2291,974
39,29489,1931,956
40,51292,2091,938
41,76495,2321,923
42,95298,3201,910
44,121101,4991,897
45,290104,7671,880
46,498108,1711,883

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