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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 North MacedoniaCongo - KinshasaChile
2,00651,18115,140
2,01752,78215,340
2,02654,45315,513
2,01156,17015,686
2,01857,86015,859
2,02459,59916,029
2,02861,47416,222
2,03163,47916,364
2,03565,59016,536
2,03867,80016,700
2,04270,11416,864
2,04672,55016,999
2,04975,13817,189
2,05277,79217,378
2,05580,53417,545
2,05883,36817,720
2,06186,22917,904
2,06389,19318,099
2,06592,20918,350
2,06795,23218,681
2,06898,32019,035
2,065101,49919,385
2,057104,76719,604
2,048108,17119,715

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.