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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 IcelandDominicaBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
2777011,07551,181
2817111,40552,782
2857111,82854,453
2887212,38056,170
2897212,82957,860
2937213,17859,599
2967213,54061,474
3047213,91763,479
3117214,30965,590
3197314,72267,800
3197315,15270,114
3187315,60072,550
3197316,06475,138
3217316,56377,792
3247317,07280,534
3277317,57583,368
3317418,09486,229
3357418,62189,193
3437419,15792,209
3537419,69895,232
3617520,24298,320
3667520,788101,499
3727621,336104,767
3807621,889108,171

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.