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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 - KinshasaAlbaniaUnited Kingdom
51,1813,08558,946
52,7823,06559,149
54,4533,04759,377
56,1703,03859,631
57,8603,02659,903
59,5993,01460,217
61,4742,99860,682
63,4792,97961,098
65,5902,95761,593
67,8002,93462,100
70,1142,91562,539
72,5502,90063,040
75,1382,89263,567
77,7922,88863,989
80,5342,88264,392
83,3682,87664,885
86,2292,86865,400
89,1932,86365,941
92,2092,86166,335
95,2322,85466,732
98,3202,84267,095
101,4992,82567,380
104,7672,79967,651
108,1712,78768,093

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

United Kingdom

  • 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
  • 1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • 1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • 1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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