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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 - KinshasaIcelandChad
51,1812777,559
52,7822817,821
54,4532858,092
56,1702888,395
57,8602898,763
59,5992939,191
61,4742969,594
63,4793049,967
65,59031110,338
67,80031910,728
70,11431911,139
72,55031811,550
75,13831911,983
77,79232112,427
80,53432412,895
83,36832713,379
86,22933113,823
89,19333514,277
92,20934314,765
95,23235315,252
98,32036115,750
101,49936616,257
104,76737216,776
108,17138017,307

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