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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 BarbadosPuerto RicoCongo - KinshasaIceland
2733,80051,181277
2743,81152,782281
2753,81954,453285
2763,82456,170288
2783,82657,860289
2793,82759,599293
2803,82261,474296
2813,80563,479304
2823,78365,590311
2833,76167,800319
2853,74170,114319
2863,72272,550318
2873,67975,138319
2883,63677,792321
2893,58980,534324
2903,53483,368327
2913,47386,229331
2913,41189,193335
2923,35292,209343
2933,29595,232353
2943,26898,320361
2943,247101,499366
2953,232104,767372
2953,228108,171380

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