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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 - KinshasaLesothoLebanon
51,1811,9083,460
52,7821,9163,499
54,4531,9223,554
56,1701,9263,610
57,8601,9263,665
59,5991,9253,721
61,4741,9223,777
63,4791,9193,853
65,5901,9173,954
67,8001,9154,036
70,1141,9164,082
72,5501,9204,097
75,1381,9254,115
77,7921,9304,206
80,5341,9364,696
83,3681,9425,365
86,2291,9485,640
89,1931,9535,688
92,2091,9585,680
95,2321,9625,562
98,3201,9875,331
101,4992,0134,986
104,7672,0374,802
108,1712,0594,713

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