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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Ghana	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,327	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,792	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,280	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,806	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,350	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,900	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	296	22,469	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,058	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,661	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,270	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,899	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	318	25,559	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	319	26,244	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	321	26,945	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,664	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,405	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,146	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,879	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	343	30,617	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,362	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	361	32,111	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,864	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,622	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,280	16,514

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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