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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	7,169

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 Dominica, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.