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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 TunisiaSudanCongo - Kinshasa
9,41726,16851,181
9,51426,77152,782
9,61327,38754,453
9,71128,01756,170
9,81028,66257,860
9,90629,32159,599
9,99729,99661,474
10,08730,68663,479
10,17831,39365,590
10,27432,13767,800
10,37733,07870,114
10,49133,89172,550
10,61234,56875,138
10,73735,29377,792
10,86636,09380,534
10,99637,05883,368
11,12438,16586,229
11,24839,29489,193
11,36540,51292,209
11,47741,76495,232
11,58342,95298,320
11,68144,121101,499
11,77245,290104,767
11,86246,498108,171

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