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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 - KinshasaMongolia
27727351,1812,433
28127452,7822,461
28527554,4532,489
28827656,1702,519
28927857,8602,547
29327959,5992,574
29628061,4742,602
30428163,4792,633
31128265,5902,666
31928367,8002,702
31928570,1142,741
31828672,5502,783
31928775,1382,827
32128877,7922,870
32428980,5342,912
32729083,3682,953
33129186,2292,993
33529189,1933,031
34329292,2093,068
35329395,2323,103
36129498,3203,171
366294101,4993,231
372295104,7673,284
380295108,1713,333

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