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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 IcelandBosnia & HerzegovinaCongo - Kinshasa
2773,81151,181
2813,90152,782
2853,91954,453
2883,92356,170
2893,94057,860
2933,97559,599
2963,99161,474
3043,99363,479
3113,99065,590
3193,98767,800
3193,98570,114
3183,98372,550
3193,98075,138
3213,97777,792
3243,97380,534
3273,96883,368
3313,96386,229
3353,95789,193
3433,95192,209
3533,94495,232
3613,93798,320
3663,929101,499
3723,921104,767
3803,876108,171

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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