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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 - KinshasaIcelandAfghanistan
51,18127722,206
52,78228122,461
54,45328522,507
56,17028823,600
57,86028925,005
59,59929325,698
61,47429626,335
63,47930427,154
65,59031127,387
67,80031927,706
70,11431928,484
72,55031829,121
75,13831929,758
77,79232130,420
80,53432431,108
83,36832731,823
86,22933132,564
89,19333533,332
92,20934334,125
95,23235334,941
98,32036135,972
101,49936637,034
104,76737238,127
108,17138039,252

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.