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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 - KinshasaSudanLuxembourg
27751,18126,168433
28152,78226,771438
28554,45327,387443
28856,17028,017448
28957,86028,662454
29359,59929,321460
29661,47429,996467
30463,47930,686474
31165,59031,393482
31967,80032,137491
31970,11433,078500
31872,55033,891509
31975,13834,568521
32177,79235,293533
32480,53436,093547
32783,36837,058560
33186,22938,165571
33589,19339,294586
34392,20940,512599
35395,23241,764610
36198,32042,952623
366101,49944,121633
372104,76745,290643
380108,17146,498651

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, Sudan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.