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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 - KinshasaVenezuelaEstonia
51,18123,1881,378
52,78223,6011,400
54,45324,0111,391
56,17024,4251,382
57,86024,8411,374
59,59925,2551,365
61,47425,6671,357
63,47926,0791,349
65,59026,5891,341
67,80027,0981,337
70,11427,5101,334
72,55027,9201,332
75,13828,3271,328
77,79228,7221,324
80,53429,1111,319
83,36829,4181,314
86,22929,6931,312
89,19329,9611,314
92,20929,8561,314
95,23228,8581,318
98,32027,9211,323
101,49927,8711,327
104,76728,3161,329
108,17128,4181,330

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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