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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 LebanonCongo - KinshasaSaudi Arabia
3,46051,18119,964
3,49952,78220,426
3,55454,45320,956
3,61056,17021,549
3,66557,86022,189
3,72159,59922,850
3,77761,47423,516
3,85363,47924,178
3,95465,59024,841
4,03667,80025,518
4,08270,11426,227
4,09772,55027,068
4,11575,13827,810
4,20677,79228,516
4,69680,53429,220
5,36583,36829,936
5,64086,22930,646
5,68889,19331,360
5,68092,20932,184
5,56295,23232,869
5,33198,32033,661
4,986101,49934,542
4,802104,76733,651
4,713108,17134,081

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

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 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.