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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCongo - KinshasaIcelandCôte d’Ivoire
27351,18127717,106
27452,78228117,552
27554,45328518,010
27656,17028818,438
27857,86028918,895
27959,59929319,432
28061,47429619,968
28163,47930420,512
28265,59031121,097
28367,80031921,699
28570,11431922,285
28672,55031822,845
28775,13831923,343
28877,79232123,879
28980,53432424,492
29083,36832725,104
29186,22933125,719
29189,19333526,348
29292,20934326,984
29395,23235327,614
29498,32036128,252
294101,49936628,895
295104,76737229,546
295108,17138030,279

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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.