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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 - KinshasaCroatiaYemen
51,1814,37716,728
52,7824,33417,236
54,4534,17117,762
56,1704,17618,310
57,8604,17618,855
59,5994,17919,410
61,4744,18220,000
63,4794,18320,611
65,5904,18321,236
67,8004,18121,878
70,1144,17722,533
72,5504,16723,195
75,1384,15423,880
77,7924,14124,594
80,5344,12625,311
83,3684,10926,020
86,2294,08126,698
89,1934,04727,347
92,2094,00627,985
95,2323,96828,608
98,3203,94529,216
101,4993,92529,811
104,7673,83930,399
108,1713,79031,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.