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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	Ecuador	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,268	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,446	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,629	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,827	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	13,074	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,368	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,661	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,915	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,133	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,352	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	14,569	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,786	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	15,002	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	15,218	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	15,433	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	15,647	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,860	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	16,072	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,282	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,489	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,693	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,894	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,093	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,288	108,171	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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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