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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 - KinshasaIcelandAlbania
51,1812773,085
52,7822813,065
54,4532853,047
56,1702883,038
57,8602893,026
59,5992933,014
61,4742962,998
63,4793042,979
65,5903112,957
67,8003192,934
70,1143192,915
72,5503182,900
75,1383192,892
77,7923212,888
80,5343242,882
83,3683272,876
86,2293312,868
89,1933352,863
92,2093432,861
95,2323532,854
98,3203612,842
101,4993662,825
104,7673722,799
108,1713802,787

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