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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 - KinshasaVenezuelaLuxembourg
51,18123,188433
52,78223,601438
54,45324,011443
56,17024,425448
57,86024,841454
59,59925,255460
61,47425,667467
63,47926,079474
65,59026,589482
67,80027,098491
70,11427,510500
72,55027,920509
75,13828,327521
77,79228,722533
80,53429,111547
83,36829,418560
86,22929,693571
89,19329,961586
92,20929,856599
95,23228,858610
98,32027,921623
101,49927,871633
104,76728,316643
108,17128,418651

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