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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 ArabiaLatvia
51,18119,9642,386
52,78220,4262,363
54,45320,9562,333
56,17021,5492,306
57,86022,1892,284
59,59922,8502,259
61,47423,5162,235
63,47924,1782,215
65,59024,8412,197
67,80025,5182,174
70,11426,2272,138
72,55027,0682,093
75,13827,8102,055
77,79228,5162,030
80,53429,2202,009
83,36829,9361,991
86,22930,6461,974
89,19331,3601,956
92,20932,1841,938
95,23232,8691,923
98,32033,6611,910
101,49934,5421,897
104,76733,6511,880
108,17134,0811,883

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