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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	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,085	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,065	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	3,047	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	3,038	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	3,026	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	3,014	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	2,998	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	2,979	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	2,957	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	2,934	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	2,915	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	2,900	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	2,892	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	2,888	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	2,882	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	2,876	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	2,868	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	2,863	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	2,861	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	2,854	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	2,842	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	2,825	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	2,799	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	2,787	10,849

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.

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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