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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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