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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 - KinshasaRomaniaSenegal
27751,18122,41410,070
28152,78222,26210,305
28554,45322,10610,576
28856,17021,93110,864
28957,86021,82811,172
29359,59921,70411,498
29661,47421,57111,839
30463,47921,44312,204
31165,59021,12912,584
31967,80020,77912,978
31970,11420,60713,382
31872,55020,48513,794
31975,13820,38514,226
32177,79220,29614,668
32480,53420,22415,121
32783,36820,15115,589
33186,22920,05516,066
33589,19319,93816,549
34392,20919,82317,044
35395,23219,71317,535
36198,32019,62218,021
366101,49919,49618,518
372104,76719,35119,016
380108,17119,26619,512

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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