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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 - KinshasaIcelandSenegal
51,18127710,070
52,78228110,305
54,45328510,576
56,17028810,864
57,86028911,172
59,59929311,498
61,47429611,839
63,47930412,204
65,59031112,584
67,80031912,978
70,11431913,382
72,55031813,794
75,13831914,226
77,79232114,668
80,53432415,121
83,36832715,589
86,22933116,066
89,19333516,549
92,20934317,044
95,23235317,535
98,32036118,021
101,49936618,518
104,76737219,016
108,17138019,512

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