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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 - KinshasaMoldovaIceland
51,1814,244277
52,7824,199281
54,4534,154285
56,1704,108288
57,8604,059289
59,5994,013293
61,4743,966296
63,4793,919304
65,5903,873311
67,8003,829319
70,1143,788319
72,5503,748318
75,1383,709319
77,7923,671321
80,5343,633324
83,3683,595327
86,2293,558331
89,1933,522335
92,2093,485343
95,2323,448353
98,3203,412361
101,4993,376366
104,7673,339372
108,1713,570380

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