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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 - KinshasaMaliLebanon
51,18110,5963,460
52,78210,8333,499
54,45310,8903,554
56,17011,0073,610
57,86011,3073,665
59,59911,5793,721
61,47411,8043,777
63,47912,0433,853
65,59012,3373,954
67,80012,6574,036
70,11412,9864,082
72,55013,3254,097
75,13813,6794,115
77,79214,0404,206
80,53414,4124,696
83,36814,8035,365
86,22915,2105,640
89,19315,6295,688
92,20916,0605,680
95,23216,5075,562
98,32016,9675,331
101,49917,4424,986
104,76717,9304,802
108,17118,4944,713

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