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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Afghanistan	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	9,918

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 Afghanistan, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.