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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	26,168	277
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	26,771	281
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	27,387	285
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	28,017	288
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	28,662	289
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	29,321	293
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	29,996	296
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	30,686	304
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	31,393	311
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	32,137	319
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	33,078	319
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	33,891	318
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	34,568	319
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	35,293	321
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	36,093	324
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	37,058	327
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	38,165	331
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,294	335
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,512	343
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	41,764	353
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	42,952	361
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	44,121	366
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	45,290	372
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	46,498	380

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