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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	United States	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	277	279,040	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	281	282,162	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	285	284,969	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	288	287,625	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	289	290,108	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	293	292,805	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	296	295,517	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	304	298,380	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	311	301,231	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	304,094	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	306,772	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	318	309,327	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	319	311,583	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	321	313,878	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	324	316,060	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	327	318,386	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	331	320,739	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	335	323,072	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	343	325,122	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	353	326,838	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	361	328,330	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	366	331,512	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	372	332,032	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	380	333,288	108,171	7,432

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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