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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	Cambodia	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	117,924

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 Cambodia, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.