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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	103,574

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