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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 - KinshasaBeninLebanon
51,1816,4613,460
52,7826,6773,499
54,4536,9023,554
56,1707,1303,610
57,8607,3603,665
59,5997,5893,721
61,4747,8383,777
63,4798,0893,853
65,5908,3353,954
67,8008,6034,036
70,1148,8844,082
72,5509,1794,097
75,1389,4864,115
77,7929,8054,206
80,53410,1354,696
83,36810,4805,365
86,22910,8425,640
89,19311,2205,688
92,20911,6135,680
95,23212,0185,562
98,32012,3705,331
101,49912,7254,986
104,76713,0814,802
108,17113,4394,713

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, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.