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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Azerbaijan	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,056	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,127	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,194	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,257	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,319	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,391	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,475	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,565	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,657	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,750	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,842	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,933	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,025	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,117	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,210	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,302	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,393	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,481	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,567	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,649	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,727	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,802	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,874	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,918	48,065

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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