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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,198	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,367	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,535	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,698	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,863	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,028	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,194	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,359	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,522	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,682	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,839	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,991	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,141	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,288	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,429	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,546	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,661	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,770	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,878	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,002	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,154	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,304	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,448	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,590	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Honduras; the database as a whole is cited above.