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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 - KinshasaSaudi Arabia
8,85851,18119,964
8,87252,78220,426
8,89654,45320,956
8,92556,17021,549
8,95857,86022,189
8,99459,59922,850
9,03061,47423,516
9,08163,47924,178
9,14865,59024,841
9,22067,80025,518
9,29970,11426,227
9,37872,55027,068
9,44975,13827,810
9,51977,79228,516
9,60080,53429,220
9,69683,36829,936
9,79986,22930,646
9,92389,19331,360
10,05892,20932,184
10,17595,23232,869
10,27998,32033,661
10,354101,49934,542
10,416104,76733,651
10,487108,17134,081

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 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.