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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	20,485

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.

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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