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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	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	21,889	7,387

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, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.