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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaCameroonGreece
51,18115,48310,618
52,78215,91310,662
54,45316,35410,718
56,17016,81510,757
57,86017,28910,783
59,59917,76410,809
61,47418,24910,841
63,47918,74610,874
65,59019,27810,901
67,80019,84310,930
70,11420,41910,959
72,55021,00210,973
75,13821,58610,957
77,79222,18110,898
80,53422,80010,819
83,36823,51310,747
86,22924,27310,677
89,19324,99510,633
92,20925,68010,612
95,23226,37310,590
98,32027,11410,579
101,49927,87810,556
104,76728,66310,499
108,17129,41710,437

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

Greece

  • 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
  • 1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
  • 1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
  • 1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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