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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 - KinshasaNorwayYemen
51,1814,46316,728
52,7824,49217,236
54,4534,51517,762
56,1704,53918,310
57,8604,56618,855
59,5994,59319,410
61,4744,62420,000
63,4794,66220,611
65,5904,71021,236
67,8004,76921,878
70,1144,83022,533
72,5504,89023,195
75,1384,95423,880
77,7925,02024,594
80,5345,08125,311
83,3685,13826,020
86,2295,19126,698
89,1935,23727,347
92,2095,27827,985
95,2325,31328,608
98,3205,34929,216
101,4995,38029,811
104,7675,40930,399
108,1715,45831,058

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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