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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 - KinshasaBosnia & Herzegovina
10,14451,1813,811
10,21552,7823,901
10,28854,4533,919
10,34456,1703,923
10,38357,8603,940
10,40859,5993,975
10,42761,4743,991
10,44663,4793,993
10,46765,5903,990
10,48267,8003,987
10,49270,1143,985
10,49772,5503,983
10,48175,1383,980
10,43977,7923,977
10,38280,5343,973
10,32683,3683,968
10,28386,2293,963
10,25189,1933,957
10,22692,2093,951
10,20995,2323,944
10,21298,3203,937
10,223101,4993,929
10,214104,7673,921
10,200108,1713,876

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,

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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