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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Hungary
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	10,244
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	10,218
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	10,194
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	10,165
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	10,136
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	10,114
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	10,094
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	10,078
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	10,062
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	10,045
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	10,029
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	10,007
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	9,978
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	9,927
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	9,900
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	9,873
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	9,850
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	9,821
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	9,794
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	9,782
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	9,778
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	9,757
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	9,716
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	9,690

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.

Hungary

1870-1913: L. Katus, "Economic Growth in Hungary during the Age of Dualism (1867-1913)" in E. Pemlenyi, ed., Social Economic Research in the History of East Central Europe, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1970, p.108 and J. Komlos, The Habsburg Monarchy as a Customs Union, Princeton, 1983, pp. 291-3
1900-42: A. Eckstein, "National Income and Capital Formation in Hungary, 1900-50", in S. Kuznets, ed., Income and Wealth, series V GNP index, Bowes and Bowes, London, 1955, p. 175
1938-50: from L. Czirjak, "Hungarian GNP by Sectors of Origin of Product and End Uses, 1938 and 1946-67", Occasional Paper 43, Research Project on East Central Europe, New York, 1973.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.