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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 - KinshasaChileJordan
51,18115,1404,591
52,78215,3404,700
54,45315,5134,811
56,17015,6864,923
57,86015,8595,037
59,59916,0295,161
61,47416,2225,295
63,47916,3645,765
65,59016,5366,243
67,80016,7006,397
70,11416,8646,538
72,55016,9996,680
75,13817,1896,840
77,79217,3786,952
80,53417,5457,706
83,36817,7208,839
86,22917,9049,506
89,19318,0999,863
92,20918,35010,066
95,23218,68110,273
98,32019,03510,480
101,49919,38510,628
104,76719,60410,716
108,17119,71510,849

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

Jordan

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 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.