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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 ChileCongo - Kinshasa
15,14051,181
15,34052,782
15,51354,453
15,68656,170
15,85957,860
16,02959,599
16,22261,474
16,36463,479
16,53665,590
16,70067,800
16,86470,114
16,99972,550
17,18975,138
17,37877,792
17,54580,534
17,72083,368
17,90486,229
18,09989,193
18,35092,209
18,68195,232
19,03598,320
19,385101,499
19,604104,767
19,715108,171

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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