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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Honduras	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,198	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,367	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,535	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,698	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,863	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,028	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,194	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,359	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,522	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,682	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,839	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,991	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,141	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,288	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,429	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,546	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,661	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,770	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,878	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,002	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,154	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,304	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,448	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,590	48,065

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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