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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 SudanYemenCongo - Kinshasa
26,16816,72851,181
26,77117,23652,782
27,38717,76254,453
28,01718,31056,170
28,66218,85557,860
29,32119,41059,599
29,99620,00061,474
30,68620,61163,479
31,39321,23665,590
32,13721,87867,800
33,07822,53370,114
33,89123,19572,550
34,56823,88075,138
35,29324,59477,792
36,09325,31180,534
37,05826,02083,368
38,16526,69886,229
39,29427,34789,193
40,51227,98592,209
41,76428,60895,232
42,95229,21698,320
44,12129,811101,499
45,29030,399104,767
46,49831,058108,171

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