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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	433	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	438	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	443	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	448	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	454	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	460	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	467	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	474	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	482	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	491	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	509	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	521	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	533	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	547	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	560	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	571	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	586	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	599	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	610	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	623	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	633	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	643	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	651	108,171

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, Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.