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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 TunisiaCongo - KinshasaNorth Korea
9,41751,18122,594
9,51452,78222,785
9,61354,45322,977
9,71156,17023,165
9,81057,86023,330
9,90659,59923,477
9,99761,47423,621
10,08763,47923,764
10,17865,59023,908
10,27467,80024,051
10,37770,11424,191
10,49172,55024,326
10,61275,13824,457
10,73777,79224,589
10,86680,53424,720
10,99683,36824,852
11,12486,22924,983
11,24889,19325,115
11,36592,20925,248
11,47795,23225,381
11,58398,32025,497
11,681101,49925,608
11,772104,76725,711
11,862108,17125,808

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

North Korea

  • 1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
  • 1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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