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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 SudanKuwait
26,1681,926
26,7711,982
27,3872,038
28,0172,094
28,6622,151
29,3212,208
29,9962,268
30,6862,329
31,3932,388
32,1372,446
33,0782,502
33,8912,556
34,5682,609
35,2932,660
36,0932,710
37,0582,757
38,1652,804
39,2942,848
40,5122,891
41,7642,933
42,9522,972
44,1213,011
45,2903,048
46,4983,061

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