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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	Lithuania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,419	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,395	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,367	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,340	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,313	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,276	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,223	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,172	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,134	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,102	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,068	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,004	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,937	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,898	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,869	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,844	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,818	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,782	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,744	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,718	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,710	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,711	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,724	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,748	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 Lithuania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.