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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 EstoniaIcelandCongo - Kinshasa
1,37827751,181
1,40028152,782
1,39128554,453
1,38228856,170
1,37428957,860
1,36529359,599
1,35729661,474
1,34930463,479
1,34131165,590
1,33731967,800
1,33431970,114
1,33231872,550
1,32831975,138
1,32432177,792
1,31932480,534
1,31432783,368
1,31233186,229
1,31433589,193
1,31434392,209
1,31835395,232
1,32336198,320
1,327366101,499
1,329372104,767
1,330380108,171

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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.