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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	Dominica	Albania	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	3,085	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	3,065	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	3,047	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	3,038	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	3,026	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	3,014	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	2,998	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	2,979	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	2,957	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	2,934	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	2,915	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	2,900	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	2,892	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	2,888	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	2,882	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	2,876	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	2,868	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	2,863	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	2,861	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	2,854	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	2,842	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	2,825	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	2,799	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	2,787	5,042

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 Dominica, Albania, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.