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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	Denmark	Paraguay	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	5,366	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	5,473	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	5,579	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	5,683	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	5,786	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	5,886	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	5,984	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	6,080	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	6,173	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	6,264	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	6,352	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	6,438	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	6,522	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	6,605	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	6,688	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	6,769	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	6,850	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	6,930	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	7,012	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	7,095	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	7,179	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	7,263	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	7,348	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	7,432	530

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.

All data sources

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, Paraguay, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.