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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 IcelandDominicaCongo - KinshasaSudan
2777051,18126,168
2817152,78226,771
2857154,45327,387
2887256,17028,017
2897257,86028,662
2937259,59929,321
2967261,47429,996
3047263,47930,686
3117265,59031,393
3197367,80032,137
3197370,11433,078
3187372,55033,891
3197375,13834,568
3217377,79235,293
3247380,53436,093
3277383,36837,058
3317486,22938,165
3357489,19339,294
3437492,20940,512
3537495,23241,764
3617598,32042,952
36675101,49944,121
37276104,76745,290
38076108,17146,498

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.

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