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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 - KinshasaMaliIceland
51,18110,596277
52,78210,833281
54,45310,890285
56,17011,007288
57,86011,307289
59,59911,579293
61,47411,804296
63,47912,043304
65,59012,337311
67,80012,657319
70,11412,986319
72,55013,325318
75,13813,679319
77,79214,040321
80,53414,412324
83,36814,803327
86,22915,210331
89,19315,629335
92,20916,060343
95,23216,507353
98,32016,967361
101,49917,442366
104,76717,930372
108,17118,494380

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