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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 - KinshasaSaudi ArabiaCape Verde
51,18119,964422
52,78220,426430
54,45320,956438
56,17021,549447
57,86022,189455
59,59922,850463
61,47423,516471
63,47924,178478
65,59024,841486
67,80025,518494
70,11426,227501
72,55027,068509
75,13827,810516
77,79228,516524
80,53429,220531
83,36829,936539
86,22930,646546
89,19331,360553
92,20932,184562
95,23232,869568
98,32033,661574
101,49934,542580
104,76733,651585
108,17134,081590

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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