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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	5,750

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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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