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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 - KinshasaAlbaniaSingapore
51,1813,0853,959
52,7823,0654,028
54,4533,0474,138
56,1703,0384,176
57,8603,0264,115
59,5993,0144,167
61,4742,9984,266
63,4792,9794,401
65,5902,9574,589
67,8002,9344,839
70,1142,9154,988
72,5502,9005,077
75,1382,8925,184
77,7922,8885,312
80,5342,8825,399
83,3682,8765,470
86,2292,8685,535
89,1932,8635,607
92,2092,8615,612
95,2322,8545,639
98,3202,8425,704
101,4992,8255,686
104,7672,7995,716
108,1712,7875,750

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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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