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

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