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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	South Korea	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	108,171	3,570

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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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