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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 MaliVenezuelaCongo - Kinshasa
10,59623,18851,181
10,83323,60152,782
10,89024,01154,453
11,00724,42556,170
11,30724,84157,860
11,57925,25559,599
11,80425,66761,474
12,04326,07963,479
12,33726,58965,590
12,65727,09867,800
12,98627,51070,114
13,32527,92072,550
13,67928,32775,138
14,04028,72277,792
14,41229,11180,534
14,80329,41883,368
15,21029,69386,229
15,62929,96189,193
16,06029,85692,209
16,50728,85895,232
16,96727,92198,320
17,44227,871101,499
17,93028,316104,767
18,49428,418108,171

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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