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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Kyrgyzstan
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	4,773
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	4,826
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	4,865
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	4,901
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	4,946
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	4,999
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	5,048
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	5,096
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	5,137
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	5,180
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	5,238
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	5,289
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	5,328
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	5,373
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	5,423
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	5,478
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	5,537
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	5,598
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	5,658
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	5,717
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	5,774
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	5,830
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	5,884
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	5,976

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.

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