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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 DominicaCongo - KinshasaNorway
7051,1814,463
7152,7824,492
7154,4534,515
7256,1704,539
7257,8604,566
7259,5994,593
7261,4744,624
7263,4794,662
7265,5904,710
7367,8004,769
7370,1144,830
7372,5504,890
7375,1384,954
7377,7925,020
7380,5345,081
7383,3685,138
7486,2295,191
7489,1935,237
7492,2095,278
7495,2325,313
7598,3205,349
75101,4995,380
76104,7675,409
76108,1715,458

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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