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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,085	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,065	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	3,047	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	3,038	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	3,026	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	3,014	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	2,998	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	2,979	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	2,957	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	2,934	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	2,915	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	2,900	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	2,892	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	2,888	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	2,882	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	2,876	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	2,868	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	2,863	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	2,861	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	2,854	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	2,842	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	2,825	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	2,799	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	2,787	19,715

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.