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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 - KinshasaLithuaniaBarbados
27751,1813,419273
28152,7823,395274
28554,4533,367275
28856,1703,340276
28957,8603,313278
29359,5993,276279
29661,4743,223280
30463,4793,172281
31165,5903,134282
31967,8003,102283
31970,1143,068285
31872,5503,004286
31975,1382,937287
32177,7922,898288
32480,5342,869289
32783,3682,844290
33186,2292,818291
33589,1932,782291
34392,2092,744292
35395,2322,718293
36198,3202,710294
366101,4992,711294
372104,7672,724295
380108,1712,748295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Lithuania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.