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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	Japan	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	126,512	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	126,755	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	127,056	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	127,324	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	127,558	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	127,658	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	127,679	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	127,762	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	127,904	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	127,969	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	127,958	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	127,967	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	127,755	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	127,476	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	127,257	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	127,186	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	127,034	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	126,857	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	126,631	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	126,368	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	126,092	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	125,634	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	125,427	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	124,762	3,696	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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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