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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 BarbadosIcelandGeorgiaCongo - Kinshasa
2732774,84851,181
2742814,81452,782
2752854,78954,453
2762884,77156,170
2782894,74657,860
2792934,73959,599
2802964,78661,474
2813044,82663,479
2823114,82065,590
2833194,81967,800
2853194,85170,114
2863184,89872,550
2873194,93475,138
2883214,94677,792
2893244,93880,534
2903274,93183,368
2913314,92786,229
2913354,92489,193
2923434,92292,209
2933534,92295,232
2943614,92398,320
2943664,926101,499
2953724,929104,767
2953804,911108,171

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