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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 - KinshasaDominicaBolivia
51,181708,007
52,782718,177
54,453718,351
56,170728,529
57,860728,711
59,599728,895
61,474729,081
63,479729,268
65,590729,457
67,800739,647
70,114739,836
72,5507310,024
75,1387310,211
77,7927310,397
80,5347310,581
83,3687310,763
86,2297410,942
89,1937411,118
92,2097411,289
95,2327411,456
98,3207511,621
101,4997511,775
104,7677611,917
108,1717612,060

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

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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