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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	Costa Rica	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,785	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,867	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,951	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,021	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,079	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,145	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,212	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,278	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,338	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,400	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,467	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,544	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,587	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,648	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,707	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,768	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,827	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,885	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,942	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,998	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,052	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,105	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,158	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,185	651

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 Costa Rica, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.