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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Jamaica	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,643	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,670	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,694	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,707	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,709	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,711	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,711	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,710	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,708	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,705	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,702	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,697	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,692	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,686	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,682	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,678	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,675	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,674	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,673	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,673	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,674	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,675	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,676	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,676	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.

Jamaica

1850 - 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)

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