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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 Congo - KinshasaAlbaniaFrance
51,1813,08560,396
52,7823,06560,811
54,4533,04761,255
56,1703,03861,703
57,8603,02662,141
59,5993,01462,600
61,4742,99863,073
63,4792,97963,513
65,5902,95763,906
67,8002,93464,264
70,1142,91564,594
72,5502,90064,913
75,1382,89265,231
77,7922,88865,552
80,5342,88265,891
83,3682,87666,212
86,2292,86866,480
89,1932,86366,730
92,2092,86167,015
95,2322,85467,347
98,3202,84267,660
101,4992,82567,901
104,7672,79968,114
108,1712,78768,387

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

France

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
  • 1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
  • 1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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