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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,085	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,065	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	3,047	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	3,038	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	3,026	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	3,014	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	2,998	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	2,979	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	2,957	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	2,934	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	2,915	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	2,900	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	2,892	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	2,888	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	2,882	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	2,876	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	2,868	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	2,863	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	2,861	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	2,854	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	2,842	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	2,825	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	2,799	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	2,787	31,845

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