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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	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	51,181	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	52,782	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	54,453	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	56,170	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	57,860	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	59,599	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	61,474	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	63,479	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	65,590	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	67,800	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	70,114	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	72,550	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	75,138	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	77,792	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	80,534	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	83,368	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	86,229	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	89,193	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	92,209	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	95,232	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	98,320	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	101,499	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	104,767	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	108,171	31,058

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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