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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	Dominica	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	51,181	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	52,782	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	54,453	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	56,170	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	57,860	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	59,599	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	61,474	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	63,479	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	65,590	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	67,800	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	70,114	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	72,550	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	75,138	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	77,792	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	80,534	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	83,368	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	86,229	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	89,193	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	92,209	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	95,232	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	98,320	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	101,499	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	104,767	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	108,171	10,099

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 Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.