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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 VenezuelaCongo - KinshasaAlbania
23,18851,1813,085
23,60152,7823,065
24,01154,4533,047
24,42556,1703,038
24,84157,8603,026
25,25559,5993,014
25,66761,4742,998
26,07963,4792,979
26,58965,5902,957
27,09867,8002,934
27,51070,1142,915
27,92072,5502,900
28,32775,1382,892
28,72277,7922,888
29,11180,5342,882
29,41883,3682,876
29,69386,2292,868
29,96189,1932,863
29,85692,2092,861
28,85895,2322,854
27,92198,3202,842
27,871101,4992,825
28,316104,7672,799
28,418108,1712,787

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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