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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 - KinshasaSenegalLebanon
51,18110,0703,460
52,78210,3053,499
54,45310,5763,554
56,17010,8643,610
57,86011,1723,665
59,59911,4983,721
61,47411,8393,777
63,47912,2043,853
65,59012,5843,954
67,80012,9784,036
70,11413,3824,082
72,55013,7944,097
75,13814,2264,115
77,79214,6684,206
80,53415,1214,696
83,36815,5895,365
86,22916,0665,640
89,19316,5495,688
92,20917,0445,680
95,23217,5355,562
98,32018,0215,331
101,49918,5184,986
104,76719,0164,802
108,17119,5124,713

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

Lebanon

  • 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, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.