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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 IcelandDominicaRomaniaCongo - Kinshasa
2777022,41451,181
2817122,26252,782
2857122,10654,453
2887221,93156,170
2897221,82857,860
2937221,70459,599
2967221,57161,474
3047221,44363,479
3117221,12965,590
3197320,77967,800
3197320,60770,114
3187320,48572,550
3197320,38575,138
3217320,29677,792
3247320,22480,534
3277320,15183,368
3317420,05586,229
3357419,93889,193
3437419,82392,209
3537419,71395,232
3617519,62298,320
3667519,496101,499
3727619,351104,767
3807619,266108,171

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.

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