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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	31,058	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, Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.