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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 - KinshasaCentral African RepublicIndonesia
51,1813,889208,105
52,7823,980211,408
54,4534,054214,475
56,1704,128217,516
57,8604,215220,549
59,5994,289224,473
61,4744,363227,534
63,4794,449230,739
65,5904,544233,918
67,8004,641237,056
70,1144,742240,140
72,5504,845243,171
75,1384,950246,150
77,7925,057249,086
80,5345,167251,947
83,3685,278254,702
86,2295,392257,351
89,1935,507259,906
92,2095,625262,379
95,2325,745264,789
98,3205,874267,142
101,4996,025269,437
104,7676,154271,674
108,1716,291273,409

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

Indonesia

  • 1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
  • 1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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