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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Denmark	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	818
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	826
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	835
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	845
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	855
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	867
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	879
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	894
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	913
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	937
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	962
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	988
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	1,087

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 Denmark, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.