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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 ChadCongo - KinshasaDenmark
7,55951,1815,322
7,82152,7825,339
8,09254,4535,358
8,39556,1705,377
8,76357,8605,391
9,19159,5995,404
9,59461,4745,420
9,96763,4795,438
10,33865,5905,461
10,72867,8005,494
11,13970,1145,524
11,55072,5505,548
11,98375,1385,571
12,42777,7925,592
12,89580,5345,614
13,37983,3685,644
13,82386,2295,683
14,27789,1935,730
14,76592,2095,766
15,25295,2325,795
15,75098,3205,818
16,257101,4995,831
16,776104,7675,855
17,307108,1715,907

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