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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	7,432

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