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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,587	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,646	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,695	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,725	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,712	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,765	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,794	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,838	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,897	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,938	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,953	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,004	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,052	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,130	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,159	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,209	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	7,271	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,316	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,372	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,432	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,487	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,460	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,392	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,387	46,498

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