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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	16,514

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