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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	Finland	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,166	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,176	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,188	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,201	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,213	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,228	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,246	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,266	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,289	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,313	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,339	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,363	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,388	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,414	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,439	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,463	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,481	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,495	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,508	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,516	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,522	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,531	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,542	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,556	7,169

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 Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.