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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandLuxembourgCongo - Kinshasa
27743351,181
28143852,782
28544354,453
28844856,170
28945457,860
29346059,599
29646761,474
30447463,479
31148265,590
31949167,800
31950070,114
31850972,550
31952175,138
32153377,792
32454780,534
32756083,368
33157186,229
33558689,193
34359992,209
35361095,232
36162398,320
366633101,499
372643104,767
380651108,171

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.

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