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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 - KinshasaCroatiaBurkina Faso
51,1814,37711,075
52,7824,33411,405
54,4534,17111,828
56,1704,17612,380
57,8604,17612,829
59,5994,17913,178
61,4744,18213,540
63,4794,18313,917
65,5904,18314,309
67,8004,18114,722
70,1144,17715,152
72,5504,16715,600
75,1384,15416,064
77,7924,14116,563
80,5344,12617,072
83,3684,10917,575
86,2294,08118,094
89,1934,04718,621
92,2094,00619,157
95,2323,96819,698
98,3203,94520,242
101,4993,92520,788
104,7673,83921,336
108,1713,79021,889

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

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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