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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Azerbaijan	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,056	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,127	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,194	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,257	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,319	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,391	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,475	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,565	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,657	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,750	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,842	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,933	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,025	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,117	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,210	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,302	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,393	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,481	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,567	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,649	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,727	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,802	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,874	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,918	5,907

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 Azerbaijan, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.