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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	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	277
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	281
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	285
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	288
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	289
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	293
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	296
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	304
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	311
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	319
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	319
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	318
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	319
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	321
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	324
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	327
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	331
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	335
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	343
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	353
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	361
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	366
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	372
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	108,171	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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.