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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 - KinshasaDominicaNorway
51,181704,463
52,782714,492
54,453714,515
56,170724,539
57,860724,566
59,599724,593
61,474724,624
63,479724,662
65,590724,710
67,800734,769
70,114734,830
72,550734,890
75,138734,954
77,792735,020
80,534735,081
83,368735,138
86,229745,191
89,193745,237
92,209745,278
95,232745,313
98,320755,349
101,499755,380
104,767765,409
108,171765,458

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