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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 - KinshasaDominicaLebanon
51,181703,460
52,782713,499
54,453713,554
56,170723,610
57,860723,665
59,599723,721
61,474723,777
63,479723,853
65,590723,954
67,800734,036
70,114734,082
72,550734,097
75,138734,115
77,792734,206
80,534734,696
83,368735,365
86,229745,640
89,193745,688
92,209745,680
95,232745,562
98,320755,331
101,499754,986
104,767764,802
108,171764,713

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

Lebanon

  • 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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.