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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 - KinshasaGreeceQatarOman
51,18110,6186272,348
52,78210,6626592,403
54,45310,7186912,457
56,17010,7577242,510
57,86010,7837572,562
59,59910,8098502,613
61,47410,8411,0012,663
63,47910,8741,1532,713
65,59010,9011,3062,764
67,80010,9301,4602,816
70,11410,9591,6152,871
72,55010,9731,7702,928
75,13810,9571,9042,986
77,79210,8982,0103,047
80,53410,8192,1033,110
83,36810,7472,1873,174
86,22910,6772,2613,240
89,19310,6332,3263,307
92,20910,6122,3843,375
95,23210,5902,4353,444
98,32010,5792,4803,512
101,49910,5562,5193,582
104,76710,4992,5533,651
108,17110,4372,5593,696

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.

All data sources

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, Qatar, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.