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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	30,279

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

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.