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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania	Iceland	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,085	277	78
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,065	281	79
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,047	285	80
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,038	288	81
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,026	289	82
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,014	293	83
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,998	296	84
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,979	304	85
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,957	311	86
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,934	319	87
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,915	319	87
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,900	318	88
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,892	319	89
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,888	321	90
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,882	324	91
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,876	327	92
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,868	331	92
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,863	335	93
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,861	343	94
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,854	353	95
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,842	361	96
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,825	366	97
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,799	372	98
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,787	380	98

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