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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	22,414	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	22,262	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	22,106	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	21,931	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	21,828	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	21,704	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	21,571	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	21,443	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	21,129	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	20,779	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	20,607	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	20,485	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	20,385	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	20,296	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	20,224	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	20,151	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	20,055	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	19,938	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,823	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,713	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	19,622	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	19,496	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	19,351	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	19,266	13,439

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.

All data sources

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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