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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 - KinshasaHong Kong SAR ChinaLebanon
51,1816,5873,460
52,7826,6463,499
54,4536,6953,554
56,1706,7253,610
57,8606,7123,665
59,5996,7653,721
61,4746,7943,777
63,4796,8383,853
65,5906,8973,954
67,8006,9384,036
70,1146,9534,082
72,5507,0044,097
75,1387,0524,115
77,7927,1304,206
80,5347,1594,696
83,3687,2095,365
86,2297,2715,640
89,1937,3165,688
92,2097,3725,680
95,2327,4325,562
98,3207,4875,331
101,4997,4604,986
104,7677,3924,802
108,1717,3874,713

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

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.