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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 TunisiaCongo - KinshasaNiger
9,41751,18110,424
9,51452,78210,785
9,61354,45311,170
9,71156,17011,580
9,81057,86012,015
9,90659,59912,472
9,99761,47412,954
10,08763,47913,459
10,17865,59013,986
10,27467,80014,532
10,37770,11415,092
10,49172,55015,669
10,61275,13816,263
10,73777,79216,903
10,86680,53417,569
10,99683,36818,242
11,12486,22918,957
11,24889,19319,708
11,36592,20920,462
11,47795,23221,228
11,58398,32022,023
11,681101,49922,842
11,772104,76723,691
11,862108,17124,587

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