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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Honduras
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,587	6,198
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,646	6,367
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,695	6,535
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,725	6,698
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,712	6,863
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,765	7,028
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,794	7,194
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,838	7,359
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,897	7,522
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,938	7,682
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,953	7,839
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,004	7,991
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,052	8,141
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,130	8,288
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,159	8,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,209	8,546
Dec 31, 2015	331	7,271	8,661
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,316	8,770
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,372	8,878
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,432	9,002
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,487	9,154
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,460	9,304
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,392	9,448
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,387	9,590

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, Honduras; the database as a whole is cited above.