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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 - KinshasaIcelandCroatia
27351,1812774,377
27452,7822814,334
27554,4532854,171
27656,1702884,176
27857,8602894,176
27959,5992934,179
28061,4742964,182
28163,4793044,183
28265,5903114,183
28367,8003194,181
28570,1143194,177
28672,5503184,167
28775,1383194,154
28877,7923214,141
28980,5343244,126
29083,3683274,109
29186,2293314,081
29189,1933354,047
29292,2093434,006
29395,2323533,968
29498,3203613,945
294101,4993663,925
295104,7673723,839
295108,1713803,790

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.

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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