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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 ChadSudanCongo - Kinshasa
7,55926,16851,181
7,82126,77152,782
8,09227,38754,453
8,39528,01756,170
8,76328,66257,860
9,19129,32159,599
9,59429,99661,474
9,96730,68663,479
10,33831,39365,590
10,72832,13767,800
11,13933,07870,114
11,55033,89172,550
11,98334,56875,138
12,42735,29377,792
12,89536,09380,534
13,37937,05883,368
13,82338,16586,229
14,27739,29489,193
14,76540,51292,209
15,25241,76495,232
15,75042,95298,320
16,25744,121101,499
16,77645,290104,767
17,30746,498108,171

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