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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 North MacedoniaIcelandCongo - Kinshasa
2,00627751,181
2,01728152,782
2,02628554,453
2,01128856,170
2,01828957,860
2,02429359,599
2,02829661,474
2,03130463,479
2,03531165,590
2,03831967,800
2,04231970,114
2,04631872,550
2,04931975,138
2,05232177,792
2,05532480,534
2,05832783,368
2,06133186,229
2,06333589,193
2,06534392,209
2,06735395,232
2,06836198,320
2,065366101,499
2,057372104,767
2,048380108,171

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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