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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 - KinshasaSudan
9,41751,18126,168
9,51452,78226,771
9,61354,45327,387
9,71156,17028,017
9,81057,86028,662
9,90659,59929,321
9,99761,47429,996
10,08763,47930,686
10,17865,59031,393
10,27467,80032,137
10,37770,11433,078
10,49172,55033,891
10,61275,13834,568
10,73777,79235,293
10,86680,53436,093
10,99683,36837,058
11,12486,22938,165
11,24889,19339,294
11,36592,20940,512
11,47795,23241,764
11,58398,32042,952
11,681101,49944,121
11,772104,76745,290
11,862108,17146,498

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