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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 Congo - KinshasaUnited Arab EmiratesIceland
51,1813,101277
52,7823,284281
54,4533,458285
56,1703,613288
57,8603,754289
59,5993,882293
61,4744,000296
63,4794,532304
65,5905,623311
67,8007,277319
70,1148,164319
72,5508,152318
75,1388,438319
77,7928,747321
80,5349,077324
83,3689,321327
86,2299,461331
89,1939,587335
92,2099,699343
95,2329,796353
98,3209,879361
101,4999,953366
104,76710,018372
108,17110,099380

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

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.