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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 BarbadosIcelandMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
2732774,24451,181
2742814,19952,782
2752854,15454,453
2762884,10856,170
2782894,05957,860
2792934,01359,599
2802963,96661,474
2813043,91963,479
2823113,87365,590
2833193,82967,800
2853193,78870,114
2863183,74872,550
2873193,70975,138
2883213,67177,792
2893243,63380,534
2903273,59583,368
2913313,55886,229
2913353,52289,193
2923433,48592,209
2933533,44895,232
2943613,41298,320
2943663,376101,499
2953723,339104,767
2953803,570108,171

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