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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 IcelandIsraelOmanCongo - Kinshasa
2775,9272,34851,181
2816,0882,40352,782
2856,2362,45754,453
2886,3662,51056,170
2896,4842,56257,860
2936,6032,61359,599
2966,7232,66361,474
3046,8462,71363,479
3116,9722,76465,590
3197,1002,81667,800
3197,2262,87170,114
3187,3602,92872,550
3197,4982,98675,138
3217,6373,04777,792
3247,7813,11080,534
3277,9313,17483,368
3318,0913,24086,229
3358,2513,30789,193
3438,4123,37592,209
3538,5763,44495,232
3618,7423,51298,320
3668,8993,582101,499
3729,0473,651104,767
3809,1883,696108,171

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.

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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