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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	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,587	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,646	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,695	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,725	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,712	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,765	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,794	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,838	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,897	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,938	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,953	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,004	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,052	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,130	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,159	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,209	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	331	7,271	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,316	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,372	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,432	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,487	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,460	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,392	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,387	11,349

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