Population, long-run history: compare countries
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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Ghana | Congo - Kinshasa | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19,327 | 51,181 | 3,460 | |
| 19,792 | 52,782 | 3,499 | |
| 20,280 | 54,453 | 3,554 | |
| 20,806 | 56,170 | 3,610 | |
| 21,350 | 57,860 | 3,665 | |
| 21,900 | 59,599 | 3,721 | |
| 22,469 | 61,474 | 3,777 | |
| 23,058 | 63,479 | 3,853 | |
| 23,661 | 65,590 | 3,954 | |
| 24,270 | 67,800 | 4,036 | |
| 24,899 | 70,114 | 4,082 | |
| 25,559 | 72,550 | 4,097 | |
| 26,244 | 75,138 | 4,115 | |
| 26,945 | 77,792 | 4,206 | |
| 27,664 | 80,534 | 4,696 | |
| 28,405 | 83,368 | 5,365 | |
| 29,146 | 86,229 | 5,640 | |
| 29,879 | 89,193 | 5,688 | |
| 30,617 | 92,209 | 5,680 | |
| 31,362 | 95,232 | 5,562 | |
| 32,111 | 98,320 | 5,331 | |
| 32,864 | 101,499 | 4,986 | |
| 33,622 | 104,767 | 4,802 | |
| 34,280 | 108,171 | 4,713 |
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.
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.
Lebanon
- 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828
No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.