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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 - KinshasaDenmarkCuba
51,1815,32211,108
52,7825,33911,147
54,4535,35811,179
56,1705,37711,210
57,8605,39111,241
59,5995,40411,260
61,4745,42011,268
63,4795,43811,266
65,5905,46111,261
67,8005,49411,258
70,1145,52411,260
72,5505,54811,262
75,1385,57111,264
77,7925,59211,262
80,5345,61411,250
83,3685,64411,238
86,2295,68311,214
89,1935,73011,180
92,2095,76611,147
95,2325,79511,116
98,3205,81811,105
101,4995,83111,089
104,7675,85511,046
108,1715,90711,003

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

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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