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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	277	63,575	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,213	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,889	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	288	68,649	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	289	70,491	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	293	72,389	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	296	74,327	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	304	76,326	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	311	78,411	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,564	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	319	82,787	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	318	85,096	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	87,530	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	90,066	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	324	92,632	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	327	95,337	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	331	98,114	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	335	100,858	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	343	103,654	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	353	106,466	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	361	109,267	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	112,100	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	372	114,964	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	380	117,924	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.