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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,587	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,646	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,695	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,725	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,712	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,765	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,794	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,838	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,897	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,938	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,953	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,004	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,052	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,130	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,159	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,209	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	331	7,271	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,316	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,372	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,432	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,487	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,460	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,392	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,387	5,657

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