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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 SwedenCongo - KinshasaLebanon
8,85851,1813,460
8,87252,7823,499
8,89654,4533,554
8,92556,1703,610
8,95857,8603,665
8,99459,5993,721
9,03061,4743,777
9,08163,4793,853
9,14865,5903,954
9,22067,8004,036
9,29970,1144,082
9,37872,5504,097
9,44975,1384,115
9,51977,7924,206
9,60080,5344,696
9,69683,3685,365
9,79986,2295,640
9,92389,1935,688
10,05892,2095,680
10,17595,2325,562
10,27998,3205,331
10,354101,4994,986
10,416104,7674,802
10,487108,1714,713

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

Sweden

  • 1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
  • 1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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