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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 TunisiaLaosCongo - Kinshasa
9,4175,28651,181
9,5145,39752,782
9,6135,49954,453
9,7115,57856,170
9,8105,65457,860
9,9065,74659,599
9,9975,83661,474
10,0875,93163,479
10,1786,03565,590
10,2746,14567,800
10,3776,25770,114
10,4916,36872,550
10,6126,47775,138
10,7376,58677,792
10,8666,69580,534
10,9966,80483,368
11,1246,91286,229
11,2487,01989,193
11,3657,12792,209
11,4777,23495,232
11,5837,34398,320
11,6817,452101,499
11,7727,560104,767
11,8627,666108,171

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