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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 - KinshasaBosnia & HerzegovinaIceland
51,1813,811277
52,7823,901281
54,4533,919285
56,1703,923288
57,8603,940289
59,5993,975293
61,4743,991296
63,4793,993304
65,5903,990311
67,8003,987319
70,1143,985319
72,5503,983318
75,1383,980319
77,7923,977321
80,5343,973324
83,3683,968327
86,2293,963331
89,1933,957335
92,2093,951343
95,2323,944353
98,3203,937361
101,4993,929366
104,7673,921372
108,1713,876380

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.