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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 - KinshasaTurkmenistan
3,73651,1814,324
3,80952,7824,385
4,04354,4534,444
4,28756,1704,502
4,46657,8604,556
4,60259,5994,608
4,70861,4744,664
4,81863,4794,719
4,91865,5904,773
5,02367,8004,828
5,13270,1144,884
5,24672,5504,940
5,36475,1384,996
5,48677,7925,053
5,61380,5345,110
5,74483,3685,169
5,87986,2295,227
6,01989,1935,287
6,16392,2095,346
6,31295,2325,405
6,46198,3205,464
6,611101,4995,522
6,761104,7675,579
6,910108,1715,657

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, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.