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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 BoliviaCongo - KinshasaOman
8,00751,1812,348
8,17752,7822,403
8,35154,4532,457
8,52956,1702,510
8,71157,8602,562
8,89559,5992,613
9,08161,4742,663
9,26863,4792,713
9,45765,5902,764
9,64767,8002,816
9,83670,1142,871
10,02472,5502,928
10,21175,1382,986
10,39777,7923,047
10,58180,5343,110
10,76383,3683,174
10,94286,2293,240
11,11889,1933,307
11,28992,2093,375
11,45695,2323,444
11,62198,3203,512
11,775101,4993,582
11,917104,7673,651
12,060108,1713,696

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

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.