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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 - KinshasaTurkmenistanPortugal
51,1814,32410,144
52,7824,38510,215
54,4534,44410,288
56,1704,50210,344
57,8604,55610,383
59,5994,60810,408
61,4744,66410,427
63,4794,71910,446
65,5904,77310,467
67,8004,82810,482
70,1144,88410,492
72,5504,94010,497
75,1384,99610,481
77,7925,05310,439
80,5345,11010,382
83,3685,16910,326
86,2295,22710,283
89,1935,28710,251
92,2095,34610,226
95,2325,40510,209
98,3205,46410,212
101,4995,52210,223
104,7675,57910,214
108,1715,65710,200

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

Portugal

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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