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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 IcelandMoroccoBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
27728,40011,07551,181
28128,74411,40552,782
28529,09411,82854,453
28829,44712,38056,170
28929,80612,82957,860
29330,16913,17859,599
29630,55213,54061,474
30430,95313,91763,479
31131,35414,30965,590
31931,75414,72267,800
31932,15415,15270,114
31832,55315,60072,550
31932,95116,06475,138
32133,34616,56377,792
32433,73717,07280,534
32734,12417,57583,368
33134,51118,09486,229
33534,89818,62189,193
34335,27919,15792,209
35335,65319,69895,232
36136,01820,24298,320
36636,37520,788101,499
37236,72321,336104,767
38037,10121,889108,171

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.

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