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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 LebanonLaosCongo - Kinshasa
3,4605,28651,181
3,4995,39752,782
3,5545,49954,453
3,6105,57856,170
3,6655,65457,860
3,7215,74659,599
3,7775,83661,474
3,8535,93163,479
3,9546,03565,590
4,0366,14567,800
4,0826,25770,114
4,0976,36872,550
4,1156,47775,138
4,2066,58677,792
4,6966,69580,534
5,3656,80483,368
5,6406,91286,229
5,6887,01989,193
5,6807,12792,209
5,5627,23495,232
5,3317,34398,320
4,9867,452101,499
4,8027,560104,767
4,7137,666108,171

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

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 Laos, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.