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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Hong Kong SAR China	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,587	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,646	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,695	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,725	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,712	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,765	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,794	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,838	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,897	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,938	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,953	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,004	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,052	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,130	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,159	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,209	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	7,271	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,316	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,372	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,432	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,487	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,460	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,392	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,387	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.

No separate list is published for Hong Kong SAR China, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.