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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 - KinshasaSpainMali
51,18140,37810,596
52,78240,56310,833
54,45340,77510,890
56,17041,43311,007
57,86042,20511,307
59,59942,86911,579
61,47443,67211,804
63,47944,37012,043
65,59045,24612,337
67,80045,99312,657
70,11446,37812,986
72,55046,57313,325
75,13846,74613,679
77,79246,77714,040
80,53446,60314,412
83,36846,46514,803
86,22946,42015,210
89,19346,46015,629
92,20946,54316,060
95,23246,73916,507
98,32047,11616,967
101,49947,36617,442
104,76747,34217,930
108,17147,62518,494

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

Spain

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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