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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 IsraelCongo - KinshasaChile
5,92751,18115,140
6,08852,78215,340
6,23654,45315,513
6,36656,17015,686
6,48457,86015,859
6,60359,59916,029
6,72361,47416,222
6,84663,47916,364
6,97265,59016,536
7,10067,80016,700
7,22670,11416,864
7,36072,55016,999
7,49875,13817,189
7,63777,79217,378
7,78180,53417,545
7,93183,36817,720
8,09186,22917,904
8,25189,19318,099
8,41292,20918,350
8,57695,23218,681
8,74298,32019,035
8,899101,49919,385
9,047104,76719,604
9,188108,17119,715

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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.