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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 BarbadosMaltaCongo - KinshasaIceland
27338751,181277
27439052,782281
27539354,453285
27639656,170288
27839857,860289
27940159,599293
28040461,474296
28140563,479304
28240665,590311
28340967,800319
28541270,114319
28641472,550318
28741675,138319
28842077,792321
28942680,534324
29043583,368327
29144586,229331
29145589,193335
29246892,209343
29348595,232353
29450498,320361
294516101,499366
295518104,767372
295530108,171380

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