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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 - KinshasaQatarVenezuela
51,18162723,188
52,78265923,601
54,45369124,011
56,17072424,425
57,86075724,841
59,59985025,255
61,4741,00125,667
63,4791,15326,079
65,5901,30626,589
67,8001,46027,098
70,1141,61527,510
72,5501,77027,920
75,1381,90428,327
77,7922,01028,722
80,5342,10329,111
83,3682,18729,418
86,2292,26129,693
89,1932,32629,961
92,2092,38429,856
95,2322,43528,858
98,3202,48027,921
101,4992,51927,871
104,7672,55328,316
108,1712,55928,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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