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

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 Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.