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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 SudanDenmarkCongo - Kinshasa
26,1685,32251,181
26,7715,33952,782
27,3875,35854,453
28,0175,37756,170
28,6625,39157,860
29,3215,40459,599
29,9965,42061,474
30,6865,43863,479
31,3935,46165,590
32,1375,49467,800
33,0785,52470,114
33,8915,54872,550
34,5685,57175,138
35,2935,59277,792
36,0935,61480,534
37,0585,64483,368
38,1655,68386,229
39,2945,73089,193
40,5125,76692,209
41,7645,79595,232
42,9525,81898,320
44,1215,831101,499
45,2905,855104,767
46,4985,907108,171

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