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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 BarbadosIcelandCongo - KinshasaChile
27327751,18115,140
27428152,78215,340
27528554,45315,513
27628856,17015,686
27828957,86015,859
27929359,59916,029
28029661,47416,222
28130463,47916,364
28231165,59016,536
28331967,80016,700
28531970,11416,864
28631872,55016,999
28731975,13817,189
28832177,79217,378
28932480,53417,545
29032783,36817,720
29133186,22917,904
29133589,19318,099
29234392,20918,350
29335395,23218,681
29436198,32019,035
294366101,49919,385
295372104,76719,604
295380108,17119,715

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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