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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Denmark	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	39,897

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