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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 Sierra LeoneCongo - KinshasaEstonia
3,73651,1811,378
3,80952,7821,400
4,04354,4531,391
4,28756,1701,382
4,46657,8601,374
4,60259,5991,365
4,70861,4741,357
4,81863,4791,349
4,91865,5901,341
5,02367,8001,337
5,13270,1141,334
5,24672,5501,332
5,36475,1381,328
5,48677,7921,324
5,61380,5341,319
5,74483,3681,314
5,87986,2291,312
6,01989,1931,314
6,16392,2091,314
6,31295,2321,318
6,46198,3201,323
6,611101,4991,327
6,761104,7671,329
6,910108,1711,330

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 Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.