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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 TanzaniaCongo - KinshasaSudan
32,91251,18126,168
33,95352,78226,771
34,97454,45327,387
36,02156,17028,017
37,10057,86028,662
38,16759,59929,321
39,26261,47429,996
40,38763,47930,686
41,55765,59031,393
42,74167,80032,137
43,88970,11433,078
45,13272,55033,891
46,53175,13834,568
47,96577,79235,293
49,43780,53436,093
50,96583,36837,058
52,60486,22938,165
54,33689,19339,294
56,06292,20940,512
57,76595,23241,764
59,46598,32042,952
61,191101,49944,121
62,944104,76745,290
64,835108,17146,498

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