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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 Palestinian TerritoriesCongo - KinshasaColombia
2,99651,18138,365
3,07552,78238,911
3,15554,45339,411
3,23556,17039,918
3,31557,86040,416
3,39659,59940,899
3,47861,47441,374
3,55963,47941,862
3,64265,59042,324
3,72767,80042,781
3,81770,11443,264
3,90772,55043,771
3,99775,13844,225
4,08877,79244,660
4,17880,53445,081
4,26983,36845,846
4,35986,22946,290
4,45189,19346,796
4,53392,20947,385
4,61595,23248,222
4,71598,32049,326
4,820101,49950,283
4,930104,76750,978
5,042108,17151,332

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

Colombia

  • 1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
  • 1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
  • 1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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