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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 IcelandBarbadosUnited Arab EmiratesCongo - Kinshasa
2772733,10151,181
2812743,28452,782
2852753,45854,453
2882763,61356,170
2892783,75457,860
2932793,88259,599
2962804,00061,474
3042814,53263,479
3112825,62365,590
3192837,27767,800
3192858,16470,114
3182868,15272,550
3192878,43875,138
3212888,74777,792
3242899,07780,534
3272909,32183,368
3312919,46186,229
3352919,58789,193
3432929,69992,209
3532939,79695,232
3612949,87998,320
3662949,953101,499
37229510,018104,767
38029510,099108,171

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.