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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 - KinshasaSri LankaLebanon
51,18119,3543,460
52,78219,6103,499
54,45319,8383,554
56,17020,0603,610
57,86020,2973,665
59,59920,5293,721
61,47420,7033,777
63,47920,9173,853
65,59021,1203,954
67,80021,3154,036
70,11421,5034,082
72,55021,7134,097
75,13821,9184,115
77,79222,1204,206
80,53422,3204,696
83,36822,5175,365
86,22922,7115,640
89,19322,8995,688
92,20923,0805,680
95,23223,2545,562
98,32023,4205,331
101,49923,5794,986
104,76723,7324,802
108,17123,7964,713

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.