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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 - KinshasaIcelandSudan
51,18127726,168
52,78228126,771
54,45328527,387
56,17028828,017
57,86028928,662
59,59929329,321
61,47429629,996
63,47930430,686
65,59031131,393
67,80031932,137
70,11431933,078
72,55031833,891
75,13831934,568
77,79232135,293
80,53432436,093
83,36832737,058
86,22933138,165
89,19333539,294
92,20934340,512
95,23235341,764
98,32036142,952
101,49936644,121
104,76737245,290
108,17138046,498

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