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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	Iceland	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	277	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	281	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	285	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	288	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	289	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	293	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	296	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	304	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	311	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	319	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	319	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	318	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	319	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	321	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	324	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	327	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	331	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	335	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	343	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	353	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	361	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	366	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	372	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	380	1,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.