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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 BarbadosIcelandUnited Arab EmiratesCongo - Kinshasa
2732773,10151,181
2742813,28452,782
2752853,45854,453
2762883,61356,170
2782893,75457,860
2792933,88259,599
2802964,00061,474
2813044,53263,479
2823115,62365,590
2833197,27767,800
2853198,16470,114
2863188,15272,550
2873198,43875,138
2883218,74777,792
2893249,07780,534
2903279,32183,368
2913319,46186,229
2913359,58789,193
2923439,69992,209
2933539,79695,232
2943619,87998,320
2943669,953101,499
29537210,018104,767
29538010,099108,171

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, United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.