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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 IcelandCongo - KinshasaBarbadosBosnia & Herzegovina
27751,1812733,811
28152,7822743,901
28554,4532753,919
28856,1702763,923
28957,8602783,940
29359,5992793,975
29661,4742803,991
30463,4792813,993
31165,5902823,990
31967,8002833,987
31970,1142853,985
31872,5502863,983
31975,1382873,980
32177,7922883,977
32480,5342893,973
32783,3682903,968
33186,2292913,963
33589,1932913,957
34392,2092923,951
35395,2322933,944
36198,3202943,937
366101,4992943,929
372104,7672953,921
380108,1712953,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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