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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BoliviaIcelandCongo - Kinshasa
8,00727751,181
8,17728152,782
8,35128554,453
8,52928856,170
8,71128957,860
8,89529359,599
9,08129661,474
9,26830463,479
9,45731165,590
9,64731967,800
9,83631970,114
10,02431872,550
10,21131975,138
10,39732177,792
10,58132480,534
10,76332783,368
10,94233186,229
11,11833589,193
11,28934392,209
11,45635395,232
11,62136198,320
11,775366101,499
11,917372104,767
12,060380108,171

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.

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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

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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