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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 Puerto RicoSaudi ArabiaCongo - Kinshasa
3,80019,96451,181
3,81120,42652,782
3,81920,95654,453
3,82421,54956,170
3,82622,18957,860
3,82722,85059,599
3,82223,51661,474
3,80524,17863,479
3,78324,84165,590
3,76125,51867,800
3,74126,22770,114
3,72227,06872,550
3,67927,81075,138
3,63628,51677,792
3,58929,22080,534
3,53429,93683,368
3,47330,64686,229
3,41131,36089,193
3,35232,18492,209
3,29532,86995,232
3,26833,66198,320
3,24734,542101,499
3,23233,651104,767
3,22834,081108,171

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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