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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	Ethiopia	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	63,575	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,213	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,889	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	288	68,649	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	289	70,491	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	293	72,389	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	296	74,327	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	304	76,326	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	311	78,411	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,564	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	319	82,787	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	318	85,096	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	319	87,530	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	321	90,066	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	324	92,632	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	327	95,337	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	331	98,114	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	335	100,858	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	103,654	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	353	106,466	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	361	109,267	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	112,100	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	372	114,964	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	380	117,924	39,252

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 Ethiopia, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.