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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	108,171	3,696

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.

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