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