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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,166	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,176	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,188	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,201	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,213	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,228	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,246	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,266	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,289	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,313	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,339	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,363	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,388	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,414	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,439	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,463	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,481	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,495	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,508	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,516	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,522	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,531	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,542	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,556	5,458

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995