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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 YemenCentral African RepublicCongo - Kinshasa
16,7283,88951,181
17,2363,98052,782
17,7624,05454,453
18,3104,12856,170
18,8554,21557,860
19,4104,28959,599
20,0004,36361,474
20,6114,44963,479
21,2364,54465,590
21,8784,64167,800
22,5334,74270,114
23,1954,84572,550
23,8804,95075,138
24,5945,05777,792
25,3115,16780,534
26,0205,27883,368
26,6985,39286,229
27,3475,50789,193
27,9855,62592,209
28,6085,74595,232
29,2165,87498,320
29,8116,025101,499
30,3996,154104,767
31,0586,291108,171

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