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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 BarbadosIcelandNigerCongo - Kinshasa
27327710,42451,181
27428110,78552,782
27528511,17054,453
27628811,58056,170
27828912,01557,860
27929312,47259,599
28029612,95461,474
28130413,45963,479
28231113,98665,590
28331914,53267,800
28531915,09270,114
28631815,66972,550
28731916,26375,138
28832116,90377,792
28932417,56980,534
29032718,24283,368
29133118,95786,229
29133519,70889,193
29234320,46292,209
29335321,22895,232
29436122,02398,320
29436622,842101,499
29537223,691104,767
29538024,587108,171

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