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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 ArabiaSeychelles
51,18119,96478
52,78220,42679
54,45320,95680
56,17021,54981
57,86022,18982
59,59922,85083
61,47423,51684
63,47924,17885
65,59024,84186
67,80025,51887
70,11426,22787
72,55027,06888
75,13827,81089
77,79228,51690
80,53429,22091
83,36829,93692
86,22930,64692
89,19331,36093
92,20932,18494
95,23232,86995
98,32033,66196
101,49934,54297
104,76733,65198
108,17134,08198

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