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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 - KinshasaAlbaniaLebanon
51,1813,0853,460
52,7823,0653,499
54,4533,0473,554
56,1703,0383,610
57,8603,0263,665
59,5993,0143,721
61,4742,9983,777
63,4792,9793,853
65,5902,9573,954
67,8002,9344,036
70,1142,9154,082
72,5502,9004,097
75,1382,8924,115
77,7922,8884,206
80,5342,8824,696
83,3682,8765,365
86,2292,8685,640
89,1932,8635,688
92,2092,8615,680
95,2322,8545,562
98,3202,8425,331
101,4992,8254,986
104,7672,7994,802
108,1712,7874,713

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

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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