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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Cuba	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,108	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,147	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,179	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,210	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,241	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,260	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,268	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	304	11,266	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	311	11,261	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	11,258	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	319	11,260	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	318	11,262	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,264	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	321	11,262	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	324	11,250	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	327	11,238	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	11,214	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,180	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,147	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,116	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,105	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,089	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,046	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,003	2,048

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.

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

North Macedonia

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