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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 - KinshasaLebanonHonduras
51,1813,4606,198
52,7823,4996,367
54,4533,5546,535
56,1703,6106,698
57,8603,6656,863
59,5993,7217,028
61,4743,7777,194
63,4793,8537,359
65,5903,9547,522
67,8004,0367,682
70,1144,0827,839
72,5504,0977,991
75,1384,1158,141
77,7924,2068,288
80,5344,6968,429
83,3685,3658,546
86,2295,6408,661
89,1935,6888,770
92,2095,6808,878
95,2325,5629,002
98,3205,3319,154
101,4994,9869,304
104,7674,8029,448
108,1714,7139,590

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

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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