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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 IcelandLebanonOmanCongo - Kinshasa
2773,4602,34851,181
2813,4992,40352,782
2853,5542,45754,453
2883,6102,51056,170
2893,6652,56257,860
2933,7212,61359,599
2963,7772,66361,474
3043,8532,71363,479
3113,9542,76465,590
3194,0362,81667,800
3194,0822,87170,114
3184,0972,92872,550
3194,1152,98675,138
3214,2063,04777,792
3244,6963,11080,534
3275,3653,17483,368
3315,6403,24086,229
3355,6883,30789,193
3435,6803,37592,209
3535,5623,44495,232
3615,3313,51298,320
3664,9863,582101,499
3724,8023,651104,767
3804,7133,696108,171

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.

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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