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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 BarbadosIcelandMontenegroCongo - Kinshasa
27327762351,181
27428162352,782
27528562354,453
27628862256,170
27828962157,860
27929362159,599
28029662161,474
28130462063,479
28231162065,590
28331962167,800
28531962270,114
28631862372,550
28731962275,138
28832162277,792
28932462280,534
29032762183,368
29133162086,229
29133561889,193
29234361692,209
29335361495,232
29436161398,320
294366612101,499
295372611104,767
295380610108,171

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.

Montenegro

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.