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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 TunisiaAfghanistanCongo - Kinshasa
9,41722,20651,181
9,51422,46152,782
9,61322,50754,453
9,71123,60056,170
9,81025,00557,860
9,90625,69859,599
9,99726,33561,474
10,08727,15463,479
10,17827,38765,590
10,27427,70667,800
10,37728,48470,114
10,49129,12172,550
10,61229,75875,138
10,73730,42077,792
10,86631,10880,534
10,99631,82383,368
11,12432,56486,229
11,24833,33289,193
11,36534,12592,209
11,47734,94195,232
11,58335,97298,320
11,68137,034101,499
11,77238,127104,767
11,86239,252108,171

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