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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	28,237

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