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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Iceland	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	277	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	281	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	285	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	288	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	289	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	293	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	296	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	304	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	311	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	319	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	319	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	318	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	319	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	321	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	324	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	327	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	331	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	335	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	343	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	353	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	361	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	366	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	372	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	380	30,279

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

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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 Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.