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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	Yemen	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	16,728	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	17,236	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	17,762	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	18,310	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	18,855	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	19,410	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	20,000	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	20,611	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	21,236	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	21,878	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	22,533	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	23,195	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	23,880	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	24,594	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	25,311	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	26,020	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	26,698	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	27,347	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	27,985	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	28,608	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	29,216	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	29,811	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	30,399	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	31,058	651

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, Yemen, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.