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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 SudanMaltaCongo - Kinshasa
26,16838751,181
26,77139052,782
27,38739354,453
28,01739656,170
28,66239857,860
29,32140159,599
29,99640461,474
30,68640563,479
31,39340665,590
32,13740967,800
33,07841270,114
33,89141472,550
34,56841675,138
35,29342077,792
36,09342680,534
37,05843583,368
38,16544586,229
39,29445589,193
40,51246892,209
41,76448595,232
42,95250498,320
44,121516101,499
45,290518104,767
46,498530108,171

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