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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	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,483	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,913	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,354	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,815	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,289	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	293	17,764	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,249	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	304	18,746	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	311	19,278	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	319	19,843	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,419	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,002	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,586	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,181	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,800	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	327	23,513	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	24,273	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	335	24,995	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,680	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	353	26,373	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	361	27,114	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	366	27,878	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	372	28,663	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	380	29,417	2,124

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.

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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