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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	Estonia	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	5,185

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 Estonia, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.