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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	Greece	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,618	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,662	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,718	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,757	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,783	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,809	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,841	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,874	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,901	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,930	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,959	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,973	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,957	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,898	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,819	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,747	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,677	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,633	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,612	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,590	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,579	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,556	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,499	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,437	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.

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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