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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 - KinshasaTurkmenistan
26,16851,1814,324
26,77152,7824,385
27,38754,4534,444
28,01756,1704,502
28,66257,8604,556
29,32159,5994,608
29,99661,4744,664
30,68663,4794,719
31,39365,5904,773
32,13767,8004,828
33,07870,1144,884
33,89172,5504,940
34,56875,1384,996
35,29377,7925,053
36,09380,5345,110
37,05883,3685,169
38,16586,2295,227
39,29489,1935,287
40,51292,2095,346
41,76495,2325,405
42,95298,3205,464
44,121101,4995,522
45,290104,7675,579
46,498108,1715,657

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