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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	Cameroon	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,483	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,913	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,354	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,815	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,289	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	293	17,764	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,249	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	304	18,746	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	311	19,278	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	319	19,843	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,419	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,002	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,586	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,181	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,800	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	327	23,513	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	331	24,273	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	335	24,995	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,680	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	353	26,373	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	361	27,114	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	27,878	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	372	28,663	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	380	29,417	7,387

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 Cameroon, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.