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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 BarbadosDominicaIcelandCongo - Kinshasa
2737027751,181
2747128152,782
2757128554,453
2767228856,170
2787228957,860
2797229359,599
2807229661,474
2817230463,479
2827231165,590
2837331967,800
2857331970,114
2867331872,550
2877331975,138
2887332177,792
2897332480,534
2907332783,368
2917433186,229
2917433589,193
2927434392,209
2937435395,232
2947536198,320
29475366101,499
29576372104,767
29576380108,171

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, Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.