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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	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	11,349

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