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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 - KinshasaDenmarkNorway
51,1815,3224,463
52,7825,3394,492
54,4535,3584,515
56,1705,3774,539
57,8605,3914,566
59,5995,4044,593
61,4745,4204,624
63,4795,4384,662
65,5905,4614,710
67,8005,4944,769
70,1145,5244,830
72,5505,5484,890
75,1385,5714,954
77,7925,5925,020
80,5345,6145,081
83,3685,6445,138
86,2295,6835,191
89,1935,7305,237
92,2095,7665,278
95,2325,7955,313
98,3205,8185,349
101,4995,8315,380
104,7675,8555,409
108,1715,9075,458

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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