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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	138
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	141
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	144
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	147
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	151
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	154
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	158
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	161
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	165
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	168
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	172
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	176
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	180
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	187
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	190
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	194
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	198
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	201
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	204
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	208
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	212
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	216
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.