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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 - KinshasaYemen
9,41751,18116,728
9,51452,78217,236
9,61354,45317,762
9,71156,17018,310
9,81057,86018,855
9,90659,59919,410
9,99761,47420,000
10,08763,47920,611
10,17865,59021,236
10,27467,80021,878
10,37770,11422,533
10,49172,55023,195
10,61275,13823,880
10,73777,79224,594
10,86680,53425,311
10,99683,36826,020
11,12486,22926,698
11,24889,19327,347
11,36592,20927,985
11,47795,23228,608
11,58398,32029,216
11,681101,49929,811
11,772104,76730,399
11,862108,17131,058

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