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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Côte d’Ivoire	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	17,106	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,552	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	18,010	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,438	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,895	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,432	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	19,968	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,512	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,097	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,699	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,285	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	22,845	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,343	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	23,879	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	24,492	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	25,104	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	25,719	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	26,348	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	26,984	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	27,614	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	28,252	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	28,895	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	29,546	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	30,279	530

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 Côte d’Ivoire, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.