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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	St. Lucia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	152	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	153	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	154	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	155	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	156	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	157	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	157	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	158	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	159	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	160	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	160	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	161	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	162	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	162	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	163	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	163	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	164	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	164	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	165	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	166	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	166	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	167	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	167	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	167	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.

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