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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Afghanistan	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	2,739

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