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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 LithuaniaPortugalCongo - Kinshasa
3,41910,14451,181
3,39510,21552,782
3,36710,28854,453
3,34010,34456,170
3,31310,38357,860
3,27610,40859,599
3,22310,42761,474
3,17210,44663,479
3,13410,46765,590
3,10210,48267,800
3,06810,49270,114
3,00410,49772,550
2,93710,48175,138
2,89810,43977,792
2,86910,38280,534
2,84410,32683,368
2,81810,28386,229
2,78210,25189,193
2,74410,22692,209
2,71810,20995,232
2,71010,21298,320
2,71110,223101,499
2,72410,214104,767
2,74810,200108,171

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

Portugal

  • 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
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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