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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 IcelandMadagascarOmanCongo - Kinshasa
27715,2592,34851,181
28115,7072,40352,782
28516,1622,45754,453
28816,6312,51056,170
28917,1142,56257,860
29317,6102,61359,599
29618,1202,66361,474
30418,6412,71363,479
31119,1732,76465,590
31919,7172,81667,800
31920,2722,87170,114
31820,8372,92872,550
31921,4132,98675,138
32121,9993,04777,792
32422,5933,11080,534
32723,1963,17483,368
33123,8063,24086,229
33524,4233,30789,193
34325,0443,37592,209
35325,6713,44495,232
36126,3023,51298,320
36626,9363,582101,499
37227,5733,651104,767
38028,2373,696108,171

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.

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