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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 BarbadosIcelandDjiboutiCongo - Kinshasa
27327764651,181
27428166952,782
27528569354,453
27628871656,170
27828969157,860
27929365759,599
28029666661,474
28130467963,479
28231169465,590
28331970967,800
28531972570,114
28631874172,550
28731975775,138
28832177477,792
28932479280,534
29032781083,368
29133182886,229
29133584789,193
29234386592,209
29335388495,232
29436189898,320
294366912101,499
295372924104,767
295380937108,171

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