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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	Lebanon	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,460	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,499	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,554	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,610	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,665	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,721	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,777	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,853	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,954	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,036	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,082	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,097	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,115	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,206	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,696	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,365	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,640	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,688	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,680	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,562	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,331	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,986	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,802	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	4,713	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.

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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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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