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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ChadYemenCongo - Kinshasa
7,55916,72851,181
7,82117,23652,782
8,09217,76254,453
8,39518,31056,170
8,76318,85557,860
9,19119,41059,599
9,59420,00061,474
9,96720,61163,479
10,33821,23665,590
10,72821,87867,800
11,13922,53370,114
11,55023,19572,550
11,98323,88075,138
12,42724,59477,792
12,89525,31180,534
13,37926,02083,368
13,82326,69886,229
14,27727,34789,193
14,76527,98592,209
15,25228,60895,232
15,75029,21698,320
16,25729,811101,499
16,77630,399104,767
17,30731,058108,171

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