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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SudanGreeceCongo - Kinshasa
26,16810,61851,181
26,77110,66252,782
27,38710,71854,453
28,01710,75756,170
28,66210,78357,860
29,32110,80959,599
29,99610,84161,474
30,68610,87463,479
31,39310,90165,590
32,13710,93067,800
33,07810,95970,114
33,89110,97372,550
34,56810,95775,138
35,29310,89877,792
36,09310,81980,534
37,05810,74783,368
38,16510,67786,229
39,29410,63389,193
40,51210,61292,209
41,76410,59095,232
42,95210,57998,320
44,12110,556101,499
45,29010,499104,767
46,49810,437108,171

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

Greece

  • 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
  • 1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
  • 1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
  • 1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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