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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 - KinshasaSpainPalestinian Territories
51,18140,3782,996
52,78240,5633,075
54,45340,7753,155
56,17041,4333,235
57,86042,2053,315
59,59942,8693,396
61,47443,6723,478
63,47944,3703,559
65,59045,2463,642
67,80045,9933,727
70,11446,3783,817
72,55046,5733,907
75,13846,7463,997
77,79246,7774,088
80,53446,6034,178
83,36846,4654,269
86,22946,4204,359
89,19346,4604,451
92,20946,5434,533
95,23246,7394,615
98,32047,1164,715
101,49947,3664,820
104,76747,3424,930
108,17147,6255,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.