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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 - KinshasaRussia
2,99651,181147,218
3,07552,782146,600
3,15554,453145,980
3,23556,170145,310
3,31557,860144,652
3,39659,599144,071
3,47861,474143,522
3,55963,479143,053
3,64265,590142,809
3,72767,800142,746
3,81770,114142,789
3,90772,550142,853
3,99775,138142,964
4,08877,792143,205
4,17880,534143,510
4,26983,368146,094
4,35986,229146,410
4,45189,193146,678
4,53392,209146,846
4,61595,232146,834
4,71598,320146,768
4,820101,499146,463
4,930104,767145,849
5,042108,171146,693

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

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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