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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	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 Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.