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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 - KinshasaQatarNorway
51,1816274,463
52,7826594,492
54,4536914,515
56,1707244,539
57,8607574,566
59,5998504,593
61,4741,0014,624
63,4791,1534,662
65,5901,3064,710
67,8001,4604,769
70,1141,6154,830
72,5501,7704,890
75,1381,9044,954
77,7922,0105,020
80,5342,1035,081
83,3682,1875,138
86,2292,2615,191
89,1932,3265,237
92,2092,3845,278
95,2322,4355,313
98,3202,4805,349
101,4992,5195,380
104,7672,5535,409
108,1712,5595,458

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