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

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 Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.