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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	24,587

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