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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 PortugalCongo - KinshasaAlbania
10,14451,1813,085
10,21552,7823,065
10,28854,4533,047
10,34456,1703,038
10,38357,8603,026
10,40859,5993,014
10,42761,4742,998
10,44663,4792,979
10,46765,5902,957
10,48267,8002,934
10,49270,1142,915
10,49772,5502,900
10,48175,1382,892
10,43977,7922,888
10,38280,5342,882
10,32683,3682,876
10,28386,2292,868
10,25189,1932,863
10,22692,2092,861
10,20995,2322,854
10,21298,3202,842
10,223101,4992,825
10,214104,7672,799
10,200108,1712,787

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