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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 BarbadosIcelandDominicaCongo - Kinshasa
2732777051,181
2742817152,782
2752857154,453
2762887256,170
2782897257,860
2792937259,599
2802967261,474
2813047263,479
2823117265,590
2833197367,800
2853197370,114
2863187372,550
2873197375,138
2883217377,792
2893247380,534
2903277383,368
2913317486,229
2913357489,193
2923437492,209
2933537495,232
2943617598,320
29436675101,499
29537276104,767
29538076108,171

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