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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 - KinshasaCambodiaSpain
51,18112,12240,378
52,78212,31740,563
54,45312,50440,775
56,17012,69141,433
57,86012,88142,205
59,59913,07642,869
61,47413,27643,672
63,47913,46144,370
65,59013,63045,246
67,80013,80845,993
70,11413,99046,378
72,55014,16246,573
75,13814,32246,746
77,79214,48046,777
80,53414,63746,603
83,36814,79346,465
86,22914,99446,420
89,19315,23846,460
92,20915,48046,543
95,23215,71746,739
98,32015,94447,116
101,49916,14947,366
104,76716,33847,342
108,17116,51447,625

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

Spain

  • 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
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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