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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	5,458

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.