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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 - KinshasaCambodia
27727351,18112,122
28127452,78212,317
28527554,45312,504
28827656,17012,691
28927857,86012,881
29327959,59913,076
29628061,47413,276
30428163,47913,461
31128265,59013,630
31928367,80013,808
31928570,11413,990
31828672,55014,162
31928775,13814,322
32128877,79214,480
32428980,53414,637
32729083,36814,793
33129186,22914,994
33529189,19315,238
34329292,20915,480
35329395,23215,717
36129498,32015,944
366294101,49916,149
372295104,76716,338
380295108,17116,514

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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.