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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 - KinshasaSeychellesSaudi Arabia
51,1817819,964
52,7827920,426
54,4538020,956
56,1708121,549
57,8608222,189
59,5998322,850
61,4748423,516
63,4798524,178
65,5908624,841
67,8008725,518
70,1148726,227
72,5508827,068
75,1388927,810
77,7929028,516
80,5349129,220
83,3689229,936
86,2299230,646
89,1939331,360
92,2099432,184
95,2329532,869
98,3209633,661
101,4999734,542
104,7679833,651
108,1719834,081

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.