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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	117,924

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, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.