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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 YemenCongo - Kinshasa
16,72851,181
17,23652,782
17,76254,453
18,31056,170
18,85557,860
19,41059,599
20,00061,474
20,61163,479
21,23665,590
21,87867,800
22,53370,114
23,19572,550
23,88075,138
24,59477,792
25,31180,534
26,02083,368
26,69886,229
27,34789,193
27,98592,209
28,60895,232
29,21698,320
29,811101,499
30,399104,767
31,058108,171

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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Original sources of these estimates

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