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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	Germany	Albania	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	3,085	277
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	3,065	281
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	3,047	285
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	3,038	288
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	3,026	289
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	3,014	293
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	2,998	296
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	2,979	304
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	2,957	311
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	2,934	319
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	2,915	319
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	2,900	318
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	2,892	319
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	2,888	321
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	2,882	324
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	2,876	327
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	2,868	331
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	2,863	335
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	2,861	343
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	2,854	353
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	2,842	361
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	2,825	366
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	2,799	372
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	2,787	380

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.