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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,085	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,065	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,047	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,038	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,026	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,014	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,998	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,979	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,957	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,934	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,915	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,900	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,892	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,888	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,882	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,876	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,868	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,863	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,861	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,854	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,842	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,825	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,799	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,787	10,487

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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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