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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 - KinshasaLebanonHaiti
51,1813,4608,121
52,7823,4998,279
54,4533,5548,430
56,1703,6108,580
57,8603,6658,739
59,5993,7218,900
61,4743,7779,061
63,4793,8539,216
65,5903,9549,364
67,8004,0369,508
70,1144,0829,652
72,5504,0979,553
75,1384,1159,670
77,7924,2069,793
80,5344,6969,922
83,3685,36510,047
86,2295,64010,254
89,1935,68810,486
92,2095,68010,647
95,2325,56210,788
98,3205,33110,933
101,4994,98611,077
104,7674,80211,215
108,1714,71311,349

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