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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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