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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 - KinshasaPortugalAlbania
51,18110,1443,085
52,78210,2153,065
54,45310,2883,047
56,17010,3443,038
57,86010,3833,026
59,59910,4083,014
61,47410,4272,998
63,47910,4462,979
65,59010,4672,957
67,80010,4822,934
70,11410,4922,915
72,55010,4972,900
75,13810,4812,892
77,79210,4392,888
80,53410,3822,882
83,36810,3262,876
86,22910,2832,868
89,19310,2512,863
92,20910,2262,861
95,23210,2092,854
98,32010,2122,842
101,49910,2232,825
104,76710,2142,799
108,17110,2002,787

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

Portugal

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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