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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 - KinshasaEstoniaCuba
51,1811,37811,108
52,7821,40011,147
54,4531,39111,179
56,1701,38211,210
57,8601,37411,241
59,5991,36511,260
61,4741,35711,268
63,4791,34911,266
65,5901,34111,261
67,8001,33711,258
70,1141,33411,260
72,5501,33211,262
75,1381,32811,264
77,7921,32411,262
80,5341,31911,250
83,3681,31411,238
86,2291,31211,214
89,1931,31411,180
92,2091,31411,147
95,2321,31811,116
98,3201,32311,105
101,4991,32711,089
104,7671,32911,046
108,1711,33011,003

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