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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	138
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	141
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	144
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	147
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	151
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	154
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	158
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	161
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	165
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	168
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	172
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	176
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	180
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	183
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	187
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	190
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	194
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	198
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	201
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	204
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	208
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	212
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	216
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.