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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	277
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	281
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	285
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	288
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	289
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	293
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	296
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	304
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	311
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	319
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	319
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	318
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	319
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	321
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	324
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	327
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	331
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	335
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	343
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	353
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	361
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	366
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	372
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	108,171	380

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