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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	Puerto Rico	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	108,171	530

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 Puerto Rico, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.