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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 - KinshasaPortugalYemen
51,18110,14416,728
52,78210,21517,236
54,45310,28817,762
56,17010,34418,310
57,86010,38318,855
59,59910,40819,410
61,47410,42720,000
63,47910,44620,611
65,59010,46721,236
67,80010,48221,878
70,11410,49222,533
72,55010,49723,195
75,13810,48123,880
77,79210,43924,594
80,53410,38225,311
83,36810,32626,020
86,22910,28326,698
89,19310,25127,347
92,20910,22627,985
95,23210,20928,608
98,32010,21229,216
101,49910,22329,811
104,76710,21430,399
108,17110,20031,058

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

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