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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 - KinshasaIcelandGuinea
51,1812777,610
52,7822817,780
54,4532857,821
56,1702887,906
57,8602898,121
59,5992938,317
61,4742968,478
63,4793048,650
65,5903118,860
67,8003199,091
70,1143199,327
72,5503189,571
75,1383199,825
77,79232110,084
80,53432410,351
83,36832710,632
86,22933110,924
89,19333511,225
92,20934311,534
95,23235311,855
98,32036112,160
101,49936612,469
104,76737212,778
108,17138013,087

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