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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	9,107

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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