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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 - KinshasaCameroonSaudi Arabia
51,18115,48319,964
52,78215,91320,426
54,45316,35420,956
56,17016,81521,549
57,86017,28922,189
59,59917,76422,850
61,47418,24923,516
63,47918,74624,178
65,59019,27824,841
67,80019,84325,518
70,11420,41926,227
72,55021,00227,068
75,13821,58627,810
77,79222,18128,516
80,53422,80029,220
83,36823,51329,936
86,22924,27330,646
89,19324,99531,360
92,20925,68032,184
95,23226,37332,869
98,32027,11433,661
101,49927,87834,542
104,76728,66333,651
108,17129,41734,081

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

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