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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	Spain	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	2,787	108,171

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.

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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