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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 - KinshasaIcelandAngola
51,18127711,334
52,78228111,676
54,45328512,030
56,17028812,443
57,86028912,936
59,59929313,480
61,47429614,012
63,47930414,535
65,59031115,084
67,80031915,658
70,11431916,260
72,55031816,885
75,13831917,525
77,79232118,202
80,53432418,908
83,36832719,624
86,22933120,354
89,19333521,098
92,20934321,859
95,23235322,638
98,32036123,437
101,49936624,253
104,76737225,089
108,17138025,878

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