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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 - KinshasaSudan
16,72851,18126,168
17,23652,78226,771
17,76254,45327,387
18,31056,17028,017
18,85557,86028,662
19,41059,59929,321
20,00061,47429,996
20,61163,47930,686
21,23665,59031,393
21,87867,80032,137
22,53370,11433,078
23,19572,55033,891
23,88075,13834,568
24,59477,79235,293
25,31180,53436,093
26,02083,36837,058
26,69886,22938,165
27,34789,19339,294
27,98592,20940,512
28,60895,23241,764
29,21698,32042,952
29,811101,49944,121
30,399104,76745,290
31,058108,17146,498

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