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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 IcelandMauritiusCongo - Kinshasa
2771,17351,181
2811,18652,782
2851,19954,453
2881,21156,170
2891,22257,860
2931,23359,599
2961,24361,474
3041,25363,479
3111,26165,590
3191,26967,800
3191,27670,114
3181,28272,550
3191,28675,138
3211,28877,792
3241,29180,534
3271,29483,368
3311,29686,229
3351,29889,193
3431,30092,209
3531,30295,232
3611,30498,320
3661,305101,499
3721,307104,767
3801,307108,171

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