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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	108,171	5,458

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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