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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	Georgia	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,848	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,814	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,789	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,771	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,746	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,739	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,786	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,826	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,820	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,819	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,851	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,898	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,934	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,946	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,938	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,931	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,927	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,924	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,922	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,922	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,923	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,926	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,929	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	4,911	3,228

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 Georgia, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.