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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Denmark	Mozambique
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	16,522
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	16,841
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	17,176
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	17,525
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	17,889
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	18,264
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	18,652
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	19,059
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	19,480
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	19,928
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	20,418
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	20,950
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	21,535
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	22,150
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	22,768
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	23,393
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	24,023
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	24,660
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	25,318
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	25,998
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	26,694
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	27,401
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	28,121
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	28,903

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, Mozambique; the database as a whole is cited above.