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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,085	78
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,065	79
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	3,047	80
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	3,038	81
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	3,026	82
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	3,014	83
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	2,998	84
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	2,979	85
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	2,957	86
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	2,934	87
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	2,915	87
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	2,900	88
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	2,892	89
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	2,888	90
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	2,882	91
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	2,876	92
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	2,868	92
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	2,863	93
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	2,861	94
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	2,854	95
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	2,842	96
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	2,825	97
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	2,799	98
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	2,787	98

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.