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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	Iceland	Qatar	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	627	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	659	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	691	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	724	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	757	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	850	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	1,001	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	1,153	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	1,306	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	1,460	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	1,615	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	1,770	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	1,904	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	2,010	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	2,103	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	2,187	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	2,261	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	2,326	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	2,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	2,435	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	2,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	2,519	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	2,553	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	2,559	530

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, Qatar, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.