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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 - KinshasaIsraelChile
51,1815,92715,140
52,7826,08815,340
54,4536,23615,513
56,1706,36615,686
57,8606,48415,859
59,5996,60316,029
61,4746,72316,222
63,4796,84616,364
65,5906,97216,536
67,8007,10016,700
70,1147,22616,864
72,5507,36016,999
75,1387,49817,189
77,7927,63717,378
80,5347,78117,545
83,3687,93117,720
86,2298,09117,904
89,1938,25118,099
92,2098,41218,350
95,2328,57618,681
98,3208,74219,035
101,4998,89919,385
104,7679,04719,604
108,1719,18819,715

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

Israel

  • 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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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