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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Mozambique
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	16,522
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	16,841
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	17,176
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	17,525
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	17,889
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	18,264
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	18,652
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	19,059
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	19,480
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	19,928
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	20,418
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	20,950
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	21,535
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	22,150
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	22,768
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	23,393
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	24,023
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	24,660
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	25,318
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	25,998
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	26,694
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	27,401
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	28,121
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	28,903

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