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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	Iceland	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,101	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,284	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,458	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,613	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,754	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,882	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,000	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,532	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,623	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,277	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,164	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,152	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,747	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,077	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,321	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,461	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,587	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,699	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,796	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,879	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,953	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,018	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,099	108,171	7,432

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