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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 SudanCongo - KinshasaNorway
26,16851,1814,463
26,77152,7824,492
27,38754,4534,515
28,01756,1704,539
28,66257,8604,566
29,32159,5994,593
29,99661,4744,624
30,68663,4794,662
31,39365,5904,710
32,13767,8004,769
33,07870,1144,830
33,89172,5504,890
34,56875,1384,954
35,29377,7925,020
36,09380,5345,081
37,05883,3685,138
38,16586,2295,191
39,29489,1935,237
40,51292,2095,278
41,76495,2325,313
42,95298,3205,349
44,121101,4995,380
45,290104,7675,409
46,498108,1715,458

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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