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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 - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	277	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	281	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	285	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	288	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	289	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	293	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	296	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	304	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	311	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	319	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	319	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	318	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	319	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	321	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	324	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	327	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	331	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	335	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	343	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	353	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	361	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	366	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	372	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	380	5,655

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 - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.