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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 - KinshasaIcelandGuatemala
27351,18127711,487
27452,78228111,728
27554,45328511,968
27656,17028812,258
27857,86028912,556
27959,59929312,873
28061,47429613,200
28163,47930413,517
28265,59031113,828
28367,80031914,139
28570,11431914,452
28672,55031814,769
28775,13831915,088
28877,79232115,405
28980,53432415,719
29083,36832716,030
29186,22933116,337
29189,19333516,636
29292,20934316,929
29395,23235317,223
29498,32036117,518
294101,49936617,812
295104,76737218,106
295108,17138018,348

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, Guatemala; the database as a whole is cited above.