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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
27327779,34651,181
27428181,13152,782
27528583,02354,453
27628884,87656,170
27828986,69757,860
27929388,56859,599
28029690,41861,474
28130492,25363,479
28231194,09865,590
28331995,92367,800
28531997,62770,114
28631899,31772,550
287319100,99975,138
288321102,61877,792
289324104,29980,534
290327106,07683,368
291331107,86886,229
291335109,49389,193
292343111,09492,209
293353112,84395,232
294361114,63698,320
294366117,026101,499
295372119,473104,767
295380121,234108,171

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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