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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 - KinshasaUkraine
27327751,18149,491
27428152,78249,014
27528554,45348,520
27628856,17048,074
27828957,86047,692
27929359,59947,342
28029661,47447,003
28130463,47946,685
28231165,59046,407
28331967,80046,156
28531970,11445,951
28631872,55045,768
28731975,13845,604
28832177,79245,492
28932480,53445,389
29032783,36844,944
29133186,22944,429
29133589,19344,208
29234392,20944,029
29335395,23243,944
29436198,32043,951
294366101,49943,904
295372104,76743,746
295380108,17139,897

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, Ukraine; the database as a whole is cited above.