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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 IcelandDominicaPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
2777079,34651,181
2817181,13152,782
2857183,02354,453
2887284,87656,170
2897286,69757,860
2937288,56859,599
2967290,41861,474
3047292,25363,479
3117294,09865,590
3197395,92367,800
3197397,62770,114
3187399,31772,550
31973100,99975,138
32173102,61877,792
32473104,29980,534
32773106,07683,368
33174107,86886,229
33574109,49389,193
34374111,09492,209
35374112,84395,232
36175114,63698,320
36675117,026101,499
37276119,473104,767
38076121,234108,171

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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