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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandAustriaAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
2778,0393,08551,181
2818,0593,06552,782
2858,0903,04754,453
2888,1303,03856,170
2898,1663,02657,860
2938,2173,01459,599
2968,2742,99861,474
3048,3172,97963,479
3118,3442,95765,590
3198,3702,93467,800
3198,3902,91570,114
3188,4102,90072,550
3198,4382,89275,138
3218,4762,88877,792
3248,5272,88280,534
3278,5942,87683,368
3318,6802,86886,229
3358,7912,86389,193
3438,8472,86192,209
3538,8902,85495,232
3618,9302,84298,320
3668,9692,825101,499
3729,0042,799104,767
3809,1072,787108,171

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.

All data sources

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.

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.