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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 BoliviaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
8,0072,34851,181
8,1772,40352,782
8,3512,45754,453
8,5292,51056,170
8,7112,56257,860
8,8952,61359,599
9,0812,66361,474
9,2682,71363,479
9,4572,76465,590
9,6472,81667,800
9,8362,87170,114
10,0242,92872,550
10,2112,98675,138
10,3973,04777,792
10,5813,11080,534
10,7633,17483,368
10,9423,24086,229
11,1183,30789,193
11,2893,37592,209
11,4563,44495,232
11,6213,51298,320
11,7753,582101,499
11,9173,651104,767
12,0603,696108,171

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

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