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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Finland	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,166	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,176	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,188	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,201	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,213	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,228	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,246	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,266	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,289	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,313	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,339	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,363	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,388	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,414	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,439	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,463	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,481	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,495	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,508	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,516	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,522	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,531	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,542	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,556	29,417

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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