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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 - KinshasaLebanonLibya
51,1813,4604,993
52,7823,4995,116
54,4533,5545,237
56,1703,6105,357
57,8603,6655,476
59,5993,7215,595
61,4743,7775,715
63,4793,8535,835
65,5903,9545,967
67,8004,0366,115
70,1144,0826,270
72,5504,0976,432
75,1384,1156,144
77,7924,2065,849
80,5344,6966,010
83,3685,3656,163
86,2295,6406,291
89,1935,6886,415
92,2095,6806,549
95,2325,5626,689
98,3205,3316,826
101,4994,9866,960
104,7674,8027,088
108,1714,7137,169

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