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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 SudanCentral African RepublicSt. Lucia
26,1683,889152
26,7713,980153
27,3874,054154
28,0174,128155
28,6624,215156
29,3214,289157
29,9964,363157
30,6864,449158
31,3934,544159
32,1374,641160
33,0784,742160
33,8914,845161
34,5684,950162
35,2935,057162
36,0935,167163
37,0585,278163
38,1655,392164
39,2945,507164
40,5125,625165
41,7645,745166
42,9525,874166
44,1216,025167
45,2906,154167
46,4986,291167

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, Central African Republic, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.