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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 BarbadosIcelandBurundiCongo - Kinshasa
2732776,12851,181
2742816,28252,782
2752856,46654,453
2762886,67056,170
2782896,89757,860
2792937,16759,599
2802967,43961,474
2813047,70963,479
2823117,99165,590
2833198,31867,800
2853198,74170,114
2863189,14072,550
2873199,44075,138
2883219,74877,792
28932410,06980,534
29032710,38083,368
29133110,57786,229
29133510,72189,193
29234310,95592,209
29335311,22995,232
29436111,60298,320
29436611,987101,499
29537212,384104,767
29538012,795108,171

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