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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 - KinshasaNetherlandsCentral African Republic
51,18115,8173,889
52,78215,9323,980
54,45316,0524,054
56,17016,1554,128
57,86016,2314,215
59,59916,2884,289
61,47416,3264,363
63,47916,3524,449
65,59016,3884,544
67,80016,4524,641
70,11416,5364,742
72,55016,6214,845
75,13816,6994,950
77,79216,7615,057
80,53416,8105,167
83,36816,8715,278
86,22916,9465,392
89,19317,0365,507
92,20917,1375,625
95,23217,2385,745
98,32017,3515,874
101,49917,4486,025
104,76717,5396,154
108,17117,7096,291

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

Netherlands

  • 1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
  • 1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
  • 1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.