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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	North Korea	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,594	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,785	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,977	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,165	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	23,330	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	23,477	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,621	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,764	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,908	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,051	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,191	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	24,326	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	24,457	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,589	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	24,720	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	24,852	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	24,983	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	25,115	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,248	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	25,381	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	25,497	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	25,608	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	25,711	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	25,808	46,498

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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