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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 - KinshasaAlbaniaUruguay
51,1813,0853,234
52,7823,0653,246
54,4533,0473,257
56,1703,0383,268
57,8603,0263,277
59,5993,0143,285
61,4742,9983,291
63,4792,9793,298
65,5902,9573,305
67,8002,9343,313
70,1142,9153,321
72,5502,9003,329
75,1382,8923,337
77,7922,8883,345
80,5342,8823,353
83,3682,8763,362
86,2292,8683,371
89,1932,8633,380
92,2092,8613,390
95,2322,8543,399
98,3202,8423,408
101,4992,8253,417
104,7672,7993,426
108,1712,7873,422

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

Uruguay

  • 1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
  • 1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

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