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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	Dominica	Iceland	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	2,059

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 Dominica, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.