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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 - KinshasaSerbia
27327751,1817,611
27428152,7827,587
27528554,4537,574
27628856,1707,570
27828957,8607,551
27929359,5997,533
28029661,4747,510
28130463,4797,481
28231165,5907,451
28331967,8007,419
28531970,1147,389
28631872,5507,360
28731975,1387,304
28832177,7927,269
28932480,5347,234
29032783,3687,199
29133186,2297,162
29133589,1937,124
29234392,2097,087
29335395,2327,048
29436198,3207,010
294366101,4996,964
295372104,7676,898
295380108,1716,833

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.

Serbia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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