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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 - KinshasaSlovenia
27727351,1811,998
28127452,7822,004
28527554,4532,006
28827656,1702,009
28927857,8602,010
29327959,5992,011
29628061,4742,015
30428163,4792,022
31128265,5902,033
31928367,8002,036
31928570,1142,056
31828672,5502,063
31928775,1382,067
32128877,7922,071
32428980,5342,074
32729083,3682,076
33129186,2292,078
33529189,1932,079
34329292,2092,081
35329395,2322,087
36129498,3202,104
366294101,4992,118
372295104,7672,123
380295108,1712,124

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.

Slovenia

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

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