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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 SudanOmanCongo - Kinshasa
26,1682,34851,181
26,7712,40352,782
27,3872,45754,453
28,0172,51056,170
28,6622,56257,860
29,3212,61359,599
29,9962,66361,474
30,6862,71363,479
31,3932,76465,590
32,1372,81667,800
33,0782,87170,114
33,8912,92872,550
34,5682,98675,138
35,2933,04777,792
36,0933,11080,534
37,0583,17483,368
38,1653,24086,229
39,2943,30789,193
40,5123,37592,209
41,7643,44495,232
42,9523,51298,320
44,1213,582101,499
45,2903,651104,767
46,4983,696108,171

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