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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	New Zealand
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,890
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,912
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	3,947
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	4,018
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	4,094
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	4,151
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	4,198
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	4,248
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	4,287
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	4,323
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	4,370
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	4,416
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	4,446
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	4,471
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	4,516
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	4,597
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	4,695
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	4,800
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	4,897
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	4,982
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	5,074
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	5,159
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	5,188
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	5,245

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.

New Zealand

1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2

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