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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 - KinshasaJamaica
51,1812,643
52,7822,670
54,4532,694
56,1702,707
57,8602,709
59,5992,711
61,4742,711
63,4792,710
65,5902,708
67,8002,705
70,1142,702
72,5502,697
75,1382,692
77,7922,686
80,5342,682
83,3682,678
86,2292,675
89,1932,674
92,2092,673
95,2322,673
98,3202,674
101,4992,675
104,7672,676
108,1712,676

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

Jamaica

  • 1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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