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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 - KinshasaPalestinian TerritoriesColombia
51,1812,99638,365
52,7823,07538,911
54,4533,15539,411
56,1703,23539,918
57,8603,31540,416
59,5993,39640,899
61,4743,47841,374
63,4793,55941,862
65,5903,64242,324
67,8003,72742,781
70,1143,81743,264
72,5503,90743,771
75,1383,99744,225
77,7924,08844,660
80,5344,17845,081
83,3684,26945,846
86,2294,35946,290
89,1934,45146,796
92,2094,53347,385
95,2324,61548,222
98,3204,71549,326
101,4994,82050,283
104,7674,93050,978
108,1715,04251,332

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

Colombia

  • 1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
  • 1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
  • 1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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