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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	Lebanon	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,460	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,499	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,554	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,610	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,665	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,721	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,777	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,853	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,954	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,036	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,082	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,097	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,115	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,206	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,696	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,365	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,640	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,688	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,680	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,562	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,331	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,986	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,802	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	380	4,713	39,252

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.

Lebanon

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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.