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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 NorwaySudanCongo - Kinshasa
4,46326,16851,181
4,49226,77152,782
4,51527,38754,453
4,53928,01756,170
4,56628,66257,860
4,59329,32159,599
4,62429,99661,474
4,66230,68663,479
4,71031,39365,590
4,76932,13767,800
4,83033,07870,114
4,89033,89172,550
4,95434,56875,138
5,02035,29377,792
5,08136,09380,534
5,13837,05883,368
5,19138,16586,229
5,23739,29489,193
5,27840,51292,209
5,31341,76495,232
5,34942,95298,320
5,38044,121101,499
5,40945,290104,767
5,45846,498108,171

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

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