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

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.