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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 - KinshasaCape VerdeSaudi Arabia
51,18142219,964
52,78243020,426
54,45343820,956
56,17044721,549
57,86045522,189
59,59946322,850
61,47447123,516
63,47947824,178
65,59048624,841
67,80049425,518
70,11450126,227
72,55050927,068
75,13851627,810
77,79252428,516
80,53453129,220
83,36853929,936
86,22954630,646
89,19355331,360
92,20956232,184
95,23256832,869
98,32057433,661
101,49958034,542
104,76758533,651
108,17159034,081

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.