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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 - KinshasaIcelandTogo
27351,1812774,852
27452,7822814,992
27554,4532855,135
27656,1702885,278
27857,8602895,425
27959,5992935,578
28061,4742965,715
28163,4793045,865
28265,5903116,042
28367,8003196,220
28570,1143196,405
28672,5503186,587
28775,1383196,772
28877,7923216,961
28980,5343247,154
29083,3683277,351
29186,2293317,552
29189,1933357,757
29292,2093437,965
29395,2323538,176
29498,3203618,376
294101,4993668,579
295104,7673728,784
295108,1713808,991

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