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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 - KinshasaBosnia & HerzegovinaSaudi Arabia
51,1813,81119,964
52,7823,90120,426
54,4533,91920,956
56,1703,92321,549
57,8603,94022,189
59,5993,97522,850
61,4743,99123,516
63,4793,99324,178
65,5903,99024,841
67,8003,98725,518
70,1143,98526,227
72,5503,98327,068
75,1383,98027,810
77,7923,97728,516
80,5343,97329,220
83,3683,96829,936
86,2293,96330,646
89,1933,95731,360
92,2093,95132,184
95,2323,94432,869
98,3203,93733,661
101,4993,92934,542
104,7673,92133,651
108,1713,87634,081

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Saudi Arabia

  • 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; the database as a whole is cited above.