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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 - KinshasaTurkmenistan
27727351,1814,324
28127452,7824,385
28527554,4534,444
28827656,1704,502
28927857,8604,556
29327959,5994,608
29628061,4744,664
30428163,4794,719
31128265,5904,773
31928367,8004,828
31928570,1144,884
31828672,5504,940
31928775,1384,996
32128877,7925,053
32428980,5345,110
32729083,3685,169
33129186,2295,227
33529189,1935,287
34329292,2095,346
35329395,2325,405
36129498,3205,464
366294101,4995,522
372295104,7675,579
380295108,1715,657

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