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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 Dominican RepublicGhanaCongo - Kinshasa
8,17519,32751,181
8,30119,79252,782
8,42720,28054,453
8,55320,80656,170
8,67821,35057,860
8,80121,90059,599
8,92422,46961,474
9,04423,05863,479
9,16423,66165,590
9,28124,27067,800
9,39824,89970,114
9,51225,55972,550
9,62726,24475,138
9,74226,94577,792
9,85527,66480,534
9,96528,40583,368
10,07229,14686,229
10,17729,87989,193
10,28130,61792,209
10,38531,36295,232
10,48732,11198,320
10,58732,864101,499
10,68633,622104,767
10,79334,280108,171

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

Ghana

  • 1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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