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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 IcelandBarbadosCongo - KinshasaGuinea
27727351,1817,610
28127452,7827,780
28527554,4537,821
28827656,1707,906
28927857,8608,121
29327959,5998,317
29628061,4748,478
30428163,4798,650
31128265,5908,860
31928367,8009,091
31928570,1149,327
31828672,5509,571
31928775,1389,825
32128877,79210,084
32428980,53410,351
32729083,36810,632
33129186,22910,924
33529189,19311,225
34329292,20911,534
35329395,23211,855
36129498,32012,160
366294101,49912,469
372295104,76712,778
380295108,17113,087

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