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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Estonia	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	25,808

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

No separate list is published for Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.