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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	Malta	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	387	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	390	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	393	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	396	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	398	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	401	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	404	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	405	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	406	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	409	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	412	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	414	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	416	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	420	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	426	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	435	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	445	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	455	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	468	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	485	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	504	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	516	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	518	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	530	7,432

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