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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 BarbadosIcelandSudanCongo - Kinshasa
27327726,16851,181
27428126,77152,782
27528527,38754,453
27628828,01756,170
27828928,66257,860
27929329,32159,599
28029629,99661,474
28130430,68663,479
28231131,39365,590
28331932,13767,800
28531933,07870,114
28631833,89172,550
28731934,56875,138
28832135,29377,792
28932436,09380,534
29032737,05883,368
29133138,16586,229
29133539,29489,193
29234340,51292,209
29335341,76495,232
29436142,95298,320
29436644,121101,499
29537245,290104,767
29538046,498108,171

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