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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 ChadAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
7,5593,08551,181
7,8213,06552,782
8,0923,04754,453
8,3953,03856,170
8,7633,02657,860
9,1913,01459,599
9,5942,99861,474
9,9672,97963,479
10,3382,95765,590
10,7282,93467,800
11,1392,91570,114
11,5502,90072,550
11,9832,89275,138
12,4272,88877,792
12,8952,88280,534
13,3792,87683,368
13,8232,86886,229
14,2772,86389,193
14,7652,86192,209
15,2522,85495,232
15,7502,84298,320
16,2572,825101,499
16,7762,799104,767
17,3072,787108,171

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