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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Panama
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	2,848
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	2,900
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	2,952
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	3,003
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	3,054
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	3,104
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	3,155
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	3,206
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	3,258
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	3,310
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	3,360
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	3,411
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	3,460
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	3,510
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	3,559
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	3,608
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	3,657
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	3,705
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	3,753
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	3,801
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	3,862
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	3,918
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	3,970
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	4,023

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.

Panama

1906–1945: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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