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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaGreeceMali
51,18110,61810,596
52,78210,66210,833
54,45310,71810,890
56,17010,75711,007
57,86010,78311,307
59,59910,80911,579
61,47410,84111,804
63,47910,87412,043
65,59010,90112,337
67,80010,93012,657
70,11410,95912,986
72,55010,97313,325
75,13810,95713,679
77,79210,89814,040
80,53410,81914,412
83,36810,74714,803
86,22910,67715,210
89,19310,63315,629
92,20910,61216,060
95,23210,59016,507
98,32010,57916,967
101,49910,55617,442
104,76710,49917,930
108,17110,43718,494

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

Greece

  • 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
  • 1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
  • 1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
  • 1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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