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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	20,985

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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