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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 TunisiaLibyaCongo - Kinshasa
9,4174,99351,181
9,5145,11652,782
9,6135,23754,453
9,7115,35756,170
9,8105,47657,860
9,9065,59559,599
9,9975,71561,474
10,0875,83563,479
10,1785,96765,590
10,2746,11567,800
10,3776,27070,114
10,4916,43272,550
10,6126,14475,138
10,7375,84977,792
10,8666,01080,534
10,9966,16383,368
11,1246,29186,229
11,2486,41589,193
11,3656,54992,209
11,4776,68995,232
11,5836,82698,320
11,6816,960101,499
11,7727,088104,767
11,8627,169108,171

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