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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 - KinshasaIcelandUnited Arab Emirates
51,1812773,101
52,7822813,284
54,4532853,458
56,1702883,613
57,8602893,754
59,5992933,882
61,4742964,000
63,4793044,532
65,5903115,623
67,8003197,277
70,1143198,164
72,5503188,152
75,1383198,438
77,7923218,747
80,5343249,077
83,3683279,321
86,2293319,461
89,1933359,587
92,2093439,699
95,2323539,796
98,3203619,879
101,4993669,953
104,76737210,018
108,17138010,099

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.