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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 - KinshasaPortugal
2,99651,18110,144
3,07552,78210,215
3,15554,45310,288
3,23556,17010,344
3,31557,86010,383
3,39659,59910,408
3,47861,47410,427
3,55963,47910,446
3,64265,59010,467
3,72767,80010,482
3,81770,11410,492
3,90772,55010,497
3,99775,13810,481
4,08877,79210,439
4,17880,53410,382
4,26983,36810,326
4,35986,22910,283
4,45189,19310,251
4,53392,20910,226
4,61595,23210,209
4,71598,32010,212
4,820101,49910,223
4,930104,76710,214
5,042108,17110,200

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

Portugal

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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