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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 - KinshasaMoldovaLebanon
51,1814,2443,460
52,7824,1993,499
54,4534,1543,554
56,1704,1083,610
57,8604,0593,665
59,5994,0133,721
61,4743,9663,777
63,4793,9193,853
65,5903,8733,954
67,8003,8294,036
70,1143,7884,082
72,5503,7484,097
75,1383,7094,115
77,7923,6714,206
80,5343,6334,696
83,3683,5955,365
86,2293,5585,640
89,1933,5225,688
92,2093,4855,680
95,2323,4485,562
98,3203,4125,331
101,4993,3764,986
104,7673,3394,802
108,1713,5704,713

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