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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 SudanParaguayCongo - Kinshasa
26,1685,36651,181
26,7715,47352,782
27,3875,57954,453
28,0175,68356,170
28,6625,78657,860
29,3215,88659,599
29,9965,98461,474
30,6866,08063,479
31,3936,17365,590
32,1376,26467,800
33,0786,35270,114
33,8916,43872,550
34,5686,52275,138
35,2936,60577,792
36,0936,68880,534
37,0586,76983,368
38,1656,85086,229
39,2946,93089,193
40,5127,01292,209
41,7647,09595,232
42,9527,17998,320
44,1217,263101,499
45,2907,348104,767
46,4987,432108,171

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