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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	531
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	545
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	559
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	574
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	590
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	606
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	623
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	640
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	657
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	674
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	690
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	706
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	722
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	737
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	752
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	767
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	781
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	795
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	808
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	821
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	837
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	853
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	869
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	885

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