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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 - KinshasaLaosIceland
51,1815,286277
52,7825,397281
54,4535,499285
56,1705,578288
57,8605,654289
59,5995,746293
61,4745,836296
63,4795,931304
65,5906,035311
67,8006,145319
70,1146,257319
72,5506,368318
75,1386,477319
77,7926,586321
80,5346,695324
83,3686,804327
86,2296,912331
89,1937,019335
92,2097,127343
95,2327,234353
98,3207,343361
101,4997,452366
104,7677,560372
108,1717,666380

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