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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 - KinshasaIcelandYemen
51,18127716,728
52,78228117,236
54,45328517,762
56,17028818,310
57,86028918,855
59,59929319,410
61,47429620,000
63,47930420,611
65,59031121,236
67,80031921,878
70,11431922,533
72,55031823,195
75,13831923,880
77,79232124,594
80,53432425,311
83,36832726,020
86,22933126,698
89,19333527,347
92,20934327,985
95,23235328,608
98,32036129,216
101,49936629,811
104,76737230,399
108,17138031,058

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