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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandCongo - KinshasaMyanmar (Burma)
27751,18145,018
28152,78245,616
28554,45346,171
28856,17046,690
28957,86047,201
29359,59947,699
29661,47448,196
30463,47948,674
31165,59049,151
31967,80049,505
31970,11449,896
31872,55050,285
31975,13850,813
32177,79251,369
32480,53451,878
32783,36852,374
33186,22952,900
33589,19353,416
34392,20953,914
35395,23254,403
36198,32054,884
366101,49955,355
372104,76755,815
380108,17156,210

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.

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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.

Myanmar (Burma)

  • 1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
  • 1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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