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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 MoldovaIcelandCongo - Kinshasa
4,24427751,181
4,19928152,782
4,15428554,453
4,10828856,170
4,05928957,860
4,01329359,599
3,96629661,474
3,91930463,479
3,87331165,590
3,82931967,800
3,78831970,114
3,74831872,550
3,70931975,138
3,67132177,792
3,63332480,534
3,59532783,368
3,55833186,229
3,52233589,193
3,48534392,209
3,44835395,232
3,41236198,320
3,376366101,499
3,339372104,767
3,570380108,171

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