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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 - KinshasaTanzania
27327751,18132,912
27428152,78233,953
27528554,45334,974
27628856,17036,021
27828957,86037,100
27929359,59938,167
28029661,47439,262
28130463,47940,387
28231165,59041,557
28331967,80042,741
28531970,11443,889
28631872,55045,132
28731975,13846,531
28832177,79247,965
28932480,53449,437
29032783,36850,965
29133186,22952,604
29133589,19354,336
29234392,20956,062
29335395,23257,765
29436198,32059,465
294366101,49961,191
295372104,76762,944
295380108,17164,835

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