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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Ireland
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,757
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,807
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	3,866
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	3,934
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	4,000
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	4,070
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	4,163
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	4,273
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	4,403
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	4,499
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	4,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	4,563
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	4,581
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	4,600
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	4,623
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	4,655
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	4,699
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	4,752
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	4,805
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	4,864
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	4,930
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	4,983
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	5,022
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	5,118

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.

Ireland

1820, 1870, 1913: MPD 2013, Bolt and Van Zanden, 2014, The Maddison Project: collaborative research on historical national accounts. The Economic History Review, 67(3), 627–651
1913-1926: P. Deane (1968), and Feinstein, 1972
1926-1950: K.A. Kennedy, Productivity and Industrial Growth: The Irish Experience, Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 3.

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