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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 BarbadosIcelandChadCongo - Kinshasa
2732777,55951,181
2742817,82152,782
2752858,09254,453
2762888,39556,170
2782898,76357,860
2792939,19159,599
2802969,59461,474
2813049,96763,479
28231110,33865,590
28331910,72867,800
28531911,13970,114
28631811,55072,550
28731911,98375,138
28832112,42777,792
28932412,89580,534
29032713,37983,368
29133113,82386,229
29133514,27789,193
29234314,76592,209
29335315,25295,232
29436115,75098,320
29436616,257101,499
29537216,776104,767
29538017,307108,171

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