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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	2,787

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.

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