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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 NorwayCongo - KinshasaAlbania
4,46351,1813,085
4,49252,7823,065
4,51554,4533,047
4,53956,1703,038
4,56657,8603,026
4,59359,5993,014
4,62461,4742,998
4,66263,4792,979
4,71065,5902,957
4,76967,8002,934
4,83070,1142,915
4,89072,5502,900
4,95475,1382,892
5,02077,7922,888
5,08180,5342,882
5,13883,3682,876
5,19186,2292,868
5,23789,1932,863
5,27892,2092,861
5,31395,2322,854
5,34998,3202,842
5,380101,4992,825
5,409104,7672,799
5,458108,1712,787

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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