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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	Haiti	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,121	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,279	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,430	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,580	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,739	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,900	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,061	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,216	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,364	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,508	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,652	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,553	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,670	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,793	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,922	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,047	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,254	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,486	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,647	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,788	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,933	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,077	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,215	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,349	29,417

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 Haiti, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.