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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	United States	Malta	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	387	277
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	390	281
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	393	285
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	396	288
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	398	289
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	401	293
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	404	296
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	405	304
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	406	311
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	409	319
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	412	319
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	414	318
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	416	319
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	420	321
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	426	324
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	435	327
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	445	331
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	455	335
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	468	343
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	485	353
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	504	361
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	516	366
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	518	372
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	530	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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