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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	Ireland
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,757
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,807
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,866
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,934
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,000
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,070
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,163
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,273
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,403
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,499
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,563
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,581
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,600
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,623
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,655
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,699
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,752
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,805
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,864
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,930
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,983
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,022
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,118

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.

Ireland

1820, 1870, 1913: MPD 2013, Bolt and Van Zanden, 2014, The Maddison Project: collaborative research on historical national accounts. The Economic History Review, 67(3), 627–651
1913-1926: P. Deane (1968), and Feinstein, 1972
1926-1950: K.A. Kennedy, Productivity and Industrial Growth: The Irish Experience, Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 3.