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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	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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