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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	Dominica	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	108,171	83,811

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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