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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	20,985

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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