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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	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	46,498	530

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.

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